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USGS us7000i4st

2 Sept 2022, 23:39

110 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mww earthquake at 125 km depth.

Depth125 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 110 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.652400, 148.712100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000i4st
Coordinates
-5.6524, 148.7121
Network
us
Significance
573