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USGS iscgemsup779736

28 Oct 1971, 16:13

203 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 108.8 km depth.

Depth108.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated7 January 2026Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 203 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.536000, 153.825000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgemsup779736

Coordinates

-5.536, 153.825

Network

iscgemsup

Significance

569