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USGS us70005hvv

18 Sept 2019, 15:46

185 km E of Samarai, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 185 km E of Samarai, Papua New Guinea?

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-10.555000, 152.355600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70005hvv
Coordinates
-10.555, 152.3556
Network
us
Significance
416