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USGS us6000ivub

23 Oct 2022, 00:53

100 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 91.4 km depth.

Depth91.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 January 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 100 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.820200, 147.092700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000ivub
Coordinates
-5.8202, 147.0927
Network
us
Significance
385