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USGS us70004a5j

4 Jul 2019, 20:22

111 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 62.4 km depth.

Depth62.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 September 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 111 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.604700, 153.241900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70004a5j
Coordinates
-4.6047, 153.2419
Network
us
Significance
385