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USGS us6000kzmy

13 Aug 2023, 05:09

89 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 19.8 km depth.

Depth19.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 October 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 89 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.404700, 148.765400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000kzmy
Coordinates
-6.4047, 148.7654
Network
us
Significance
500