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USGS us7000make

7 Apr 2024, 08:25

36 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 47.1 km depth.

Depth47.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 June 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.387700, 149.271800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000make
Coordinates
-6.3877, 149.2718
Network
us
Significance
401