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USGS usb000slfa

13 Oct 2014, 00:39

116 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 January 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 116 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.395500, 152.274600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000slfa
Coordinates
-5.3955, 152.2746
Network
us
Significance
385