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USGS usc000thwf

21 Jan 2015, 19:52

77 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 63.3 km depth.

Depth63.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.658900, 146.332500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000thwf
Coordinates
-5.6589, 146.3325
Network
us
Significance
400