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USGS us200081ze

17 Dec 2016, 18:02

205 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 23.5 km depth.

Depth23.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 205 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.006700, 153.655500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200081ze
Coordinates
-6.0067, 153.6555
Network
us
Significance
385