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USGS iscgem883757

30 Jan 1958, 06:13

94 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 94 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.151000, 155.646000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem883757

Coordinates

-7.151, 155.646

Network

iscgem

Significance

616