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USGS usc000tgh6

16 Jan 2015, 17:15

63 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 169.6 km depth.

Depth169.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated20 April 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 63 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.693100, 151.813400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000tgh6
Coordinates
-4.6931, 151.8134
Network
us
Significance
385