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USGS usp000h4hv

28 Nov 2009, 22:04

166 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 75.5 km depth.

Depth75.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 166 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.176000, 141.120000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h4hv
Coordinates
-4.176, 141.12
Network
us
Significance
400