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USGS usp000e2uy

25 Oct 2005, 20:40

73 km W of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.9 mwb earthquake at 175.4 km depth.

Depth175.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km W of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.154000, 145.976000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000e2uy
Coordinates
-7.154, 145.976
Network
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Significance
536