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USGS usb000jijn

5 Sept 2013, 16:27

108 km S of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 9.6 km depth.

Depth9.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 108 km S of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.265400, 144.032400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000jijn
Coordinates
-7.2654, 144.0324
Network
us
Significance
432