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USGS us7000l99d

7 Nov 2023, 00:53

77 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 48.3 km depth.

Depth48.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 January 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.315200, 152.966300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000l99d
Coordinates
-4.3152, 152.9663
Network
us
Significance
432