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USGS usb000safz

8 Sept 2014, 18:53

110 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 230.2 km depth.

Depth230.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 110 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.399000, 146.763900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000safz
Coordinates
-5.399, 146.7639
Network
us
Significance
434