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USGS usp00035nc

9 Jun 1987, 07:19

81 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 54.3 km depth.

Depth54.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 81 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.366000, 148.832000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp00035nc

Coordinates

-6.366, 148.832

Network

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Significance

611