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USGS iscgem903294

6 Oct 1937, 17:04

188 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 188 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.394000, 153.779000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem903294

Coordinates

-6.394, 153.779

Network

iscgem

Significance

593