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USGS usp000je9w

2 Feb 2012, 06:46

46 km SSE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 51.3 km depth.

Depth51.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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

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-6.563000, 149.774000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000je9w
Coordinates
-6.563, 149.774
Network
us
Significance
482