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USGS usp000czck

1 Jul 2004, 20:28

103 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 56.9 km depth.

Depth56.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 103 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.910000, 148.662000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000czck
Coordinates
-5.91, 148.662
Network
us
Significance
482