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USGS us7000kx9v

22 Sept 2023, 02:11

51 km NNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 December 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 51 km NNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.765600, 151.986600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000kx9v
Coordinates
-3.7656, 151.9866
Network
us
Significance
400