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USGS usp000hk2x

3 Sept 2010, 03:29

46 km E of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 50.9 km depth.

Depth50.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 46 km E of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.133000, 149.961000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hk2x
Coordinates
-6.133, 149.961
Network
us
Significance
465