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USGS us6000jrlp

25 Feb 2023, 21:24

33 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 mww earthquake at 34 km depth.

Depth34 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 33 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

-6.088300, 149.828000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000jrlp
Coordinates
-6.0883, 149.828
Network
us
Significance
594