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QuakeFactsEvidence report · prepared 2 September 2026https://quakes99.com/entity/us6000ph9f
USGS us6000ph9f

2 Jan 2025, 15:57

66 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 19.1 km depth.

Depth19.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 March 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 66 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.909400, 151.639800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000ph9f
Coordinates
-3.9094, 151.6398
Network
us
Significance
385