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USGS usb000g63h

13 Apr 2013, 08:08

28 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 71.9 km depth.

Depth71.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 28 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.302000, 147.817000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000g63h
Coordinates
-6.302, 147.817
Network
us
Significance
400