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USGS usp000exgw

15 Nov 2006, 13:36

81 km SSE of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 11.4 km depth.

Depth11.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 81 km SSE of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

-6.942000, 144.314000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000exgw
Coordinates
-6.942, 144.314
Network
us
Significance
385