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USGS usp000hbjw

18 Apr 2010, 00:15

33 km E of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 mwc earthquake at 53 km depth.

Depth53 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 33 km E of Lae, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.669000, 147.291000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hbjw
Coordinates
-6.669, 147.291
Network
us
Significance
614