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USGS iscgemsup913207

21 Jul 1918, 10:44

62 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 62 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.793000, 155.794000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgemsup913207

Coordinates

-6.793, 155.794

Network

iscgemsup

Significance

559