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USGS usp000fvt8

1 Jan 2008, 18:54

eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 34 km depth.

Depth34 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.878000, 146.884000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fvt8
Coordinates
-5.878, 146.884
Network
us
Significance
613