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USGS usp000dbgr

26 Dec 2004, 05:21

151 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 66.6 km depth.

Depth66.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 151 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.712000, 152.391000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dbgr
Coordinates
-5.712, 152.391
Network
us
Significance
432