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USGS iscgem902858

7 Dec 1938, 13:23

110 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.8 mw earthquake at 55 km depth.

Depth55 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 110 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.064000, 154.516000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem902858

Coordinates

-6.064, 154.516

Network

iscgem

Significance

711