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USGS usb000rt5g

15 Jul 2014, 17:39

87 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

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

Published location

Where is 87 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.178500, 151.376500

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157 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

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105 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000rt5g
Coordinates
-4.1785, 151.3765
Network
us
Significance
482