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USGS usp000espk

8 Sept 2006, 11:15

36 km W of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 149.2 km depth.

Depth149.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km W of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.551000, 149.804000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000espk
Coordinates
-5.551, 149.804
Network
us
Significance
416