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USGS usb000gen8

24 Apr 2013, 00:14

33 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.5 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 33 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.898000, 152.127000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000gen8
Coordinates
-3.898, 152.127
Network
us
Significance
650