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USGS us7000bmnc

13 Sept 2020, 11:28

73 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 58 km depth.

Depth58 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.061800, 147.023200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000bmnc
Coordinates
-6.0618, 147.0232
Network
us
Significance
417