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USGS usp000547e

13 Mar 1992, 17:50

246 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 ms earthquake at 25.2 km depth.

Depth25.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 246 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea?

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-9.191000, 152.394000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000547e
Coordinates
-9.191, 152.394
Network
us
Significance
572