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USGS us70003c1n

25 Apr 2019, 17:45

136 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 111.7 km depth.

Depth111.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 July 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 136 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.303200, 151.491900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70003c1n
Coordinates
-5.3032, 151.4919
Network
us
Significance
385