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USGS usp0006xuh

22 May 1995, 05:02

135 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 29.8 km depth.

Depth29.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 135 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea?

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-9.662000, 151.507000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0006xuh
Coordinates
-9.662, 151.507
Network
us
Significance
572