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USGS us7000ikr5

27 Oct 2022, 16:57

162 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 January 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 162 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.422300, 145.379500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000ikr5
Coordinates
-3.4223, 145.3795
Network
us
Significance
400