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USGS usp000fzzm

26 Feb 2008, 05:22

110 km N of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 514.7 km depth.

Depth514.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 110 km N of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.575000, 149.944000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fzzm
Coordinates
-4.575, 149.944
Network
us
Significance
400