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USGS us70003gyq

5 May 2019, 09:42

10 km W of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 116.3 km depth.

Depth116.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km W of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.284800, 145.771300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70003gyq
Coordinates
-6.2848, 145.7713
Network
us
Significance
400