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USGS us200081xl

17 Dec 2016, 13:22

102 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 9.1 km depth.

Depth9.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 102 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.303900, 154.554300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200081xl
Coordinates
-6.3039, 154.5543
Network
us
Significance
449