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USGS iscgem900144

25 Dec 1943, 05:32

167 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 167 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.625000, 154.141000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem900144

Coordinates

-5.625, 154.141

Network

iscgem

Significance

561