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USGS iscgem792259

23 Sept 1970, 13:04

96 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 38.1 km depth.

Depth38.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 96 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.460000, 154.621000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem792259

Coordinates

-6.46, 154.621

Network

iscgem

Significance

620