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USGS us200081xt

17 Dec 2016, 13:52

108 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 108 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.326700, 154.507800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200081xt
Coordinates
-6.3267, 154.5078
Network
us
Significance
400