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USGS usp000erkk

24 Aug 2006, 00:15

61 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 40.6 km depth.

Depth40.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 61 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.245000, 152.815000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000erkk
Coordinates
-4.245, 152.815
Network
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Significance
482