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USGS usp000e5zd

11 Dec 2005, 14:20

247 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.6 mwc earthquake at 17 km depth.

Depth17 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 247 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.584000, 152.223000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000e5zd
Coordinates
-6.584, 152.223
Network
us
Significance
670