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USGS us7000iaem

23 Sept 2022, 13:34

98 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 82.8 km depth.

Depth82.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 98 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.996100, 148.684300

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us7000iaem

Coordinates

-5.9961, 148.6843

Network

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Significance

449