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USGS usp000hgnt

24 Jul 2010, 08:46

44 km SE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 42.1 km depth.

Depth42.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 44 km SE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.503000, 149.817000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hgnt
Coordinates
-6.503, 149.817
Network
us
Significance
400