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USGS usp000gsd9

9 Jan 2009, 08:45

8 km S of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 184.3 km depth.

Depth184.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km S of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.279000, 152.172000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gsd9
Coordinates
-4.279, 152.172
Network
us
Significance
400