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USGS us7000iqc8

17 Nov 2022, 06:31

New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 82.3 km depth.

Depth82.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 January 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.127600, 153.822500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000iqc8
Coordinates
-5.1276, 153.8225
Network
us
Significance
400