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USGS us7000j3v2

12 Jan 2023, 10:21

eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 68.6 km depth.

Depth68.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated20 March 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.653400, 147.632700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000j3v2
Coordinates
-5.6534, 147.6327
Network
us
Significance
400