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USGS usp000hef3

24 Jun 2010, 06:32

113 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mwb earthquake at 40 km depth.

Depth40 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 113 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.514000, 151.161000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hef3
Coordinates
-5.514, 151.161
Network
us
Significance
572