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USGS iscgem768851

30 Oct 1972, 16:48

74 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 49.2 km depth.

Depth49.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 74 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.300000, 154.815000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem768851

Coordinates

-6.3, 154.815

Network

iscgem

Significance

572