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USGS us7000nrwz

15 Nov 2024, 05:28

122 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 56 km depth.

Depth56 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 January 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 122 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.754800, 153.292300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000nrwz
Coordinates
-4.7548, 153.2923
Network
us
Significance
672