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USGS usp000aff5

24 May 2001, 13:59

New Britain region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 63.3 km depth.

Depth63.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is New Britain region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.769000, 151.058000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000aff5
Coordinates
-5.769, 151.058
Network
us
Significance
400