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USGS usp000j1t1

18 May 2011, 19:29

10 km S of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 56.8 km depth.

Depth56.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km S of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.652000, 147.844000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000j1t1
Coordinates
-6.652, 147.844
Network
us
Significance
400