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USGS usp000h6h1

23 Jan 2010, 04:42

176 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 44.4 km depth.

Depth44.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 176 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.923000, 152.516000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h6h1
Coordinates
-5.923, 152.516
Network
us
Significance
400