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USGS us20006hav

24 Jul 2016, 23:09

104 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 56.3 km depth.

Depth56.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated24 September 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 104 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.192500, 155.140100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20006hav

Coordinates

-7.1925, 155.1401

Network

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Significance

416