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USGS us70006q52

23 Dec 2019, 12:39

56 km SSW of Tari, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 March 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km SSW of Tari, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.302500, 142.711800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70006q52
Coordinates
-6.3025, 142.7118
Network
us
Significance
385