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USGS usp000erd1

20 Aug 2006, 17:01

174 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 46.1 km depth.

Depth46.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 174 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.907000, 152.485000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000erd1
Coordinates
-5.907, 152.485
Network
us
Significance
385