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USGS usp000hb9v

13 Apr 2010, 01:55

135 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 57.8 km depth.

Depth57.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 135 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.413000, 153.489000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hb9v
Coordinates
-4.413, 153.489
Network
us
Significance
416