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USGS iscgemsup900491

6 Oct 1942, 12:50

66 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 66 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.132000, 154.913000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgemsup900491

Coordinates

-6.132, 154.913

Network

iscgemsup

Significance

605