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USGS us70005u63

14 Oct 2019, 22:07

78 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 99.2 km depth.

Depth99.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 December 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 78 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.019300, 146.901100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70005u63
Coordinates
-6.0193, 146.9011
Network
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Significance
385