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USGS us6000lf1v

12 Oct 2023, 11:34

53 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 36.9 km depth.

Depth36.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated16 December 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 53 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.746000, 155.272100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000lf1v

Coordinates

-6.746, 155.2721

Network

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Significance

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