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USGS usp000jxdq

26 Dec 2012, 02:24

eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 95.5 km depth.

Depth95.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.914000, 147.287000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jxdq
Coordinates
-5.914, 147.287
Network
us
Significance
400