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USGS usc000n3qp

5 Mar 2014, 22:27

Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.752300, 154.121100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000n3qp
Coordinates
-5.7523, 154.1211
Network
us
Significance
482