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USGS us7000bctq

25 Aug 2020, 20:02

141 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 23 km depth.

Depth23 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 141 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.557900, 151.863800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000bctq
Coordinates
-5.5579, 151.8638
Network
us
Significance
554