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USGS usb000ry9u

29 Jul 2014, 14:27

163 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 9.8 km depth.

Depth9.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 163 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.422000, 146.769000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000ry9u
Coordinates
-3.422, 146.769
Network
us
Significance
554