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USGS us7000kvv7

15 Sept 2023, 00:15

34 km S of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 November 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 34 km S of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.516000, 149.505400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000kvv7
Coordinates
-6.516, 149.5054
Network
us
Significance
385