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USGS usp000f526

17 Feb 2007, 23:41

243 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 483.1 km depth.

Depth483.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 243 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.095000, 154.450000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000f526
Coordinates
-4.095, 154.45
Network
us
Significance
465