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USGS usp000bm1t

20 Dec 2002, 14:14

137 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 137 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.076000, 147.943000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bm1t
Coordinates
-3.076, 147.943
Network
us
Significance
611