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USGS usp00031cd

3 Jan 1987, 16:30

189 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 5 km depth.

Depth5 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 189 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.443000, 146.307000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp00031cd

Coordinates

-3.443, 146.307

Network

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Significance

611