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USGS iscgem774887

29 Apr 1972, 00:32

192 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 7.2 mw earthquake at 403.3 km depth.

Depth403.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 192 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.154000, 154.188000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem774887

Coordinates

-5.154, 154.188

Network

iscgem

Significance

798