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USGS usp000231k

27 Mar 1984, 21:06

63 km N of Madang, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 27.6 km depth.

Depth27.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-4.647000, 145.805000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000231k
Coordinates
-4.647, 145.805
Network
us
Significance
650