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USGS usp0009jn9

9 Dec 1999, 10:18

67 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 mwc earthquake at 58.3 km depth.

Depth58.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 67 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.028000, 148.144000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp0009jn9

Coordinates

-6.028, 148.144

Network

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Significance

630