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USGS us6000n16u

27 May 2024, 02:51

82 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 53 km depth.

Depth53 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 August 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 82 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.061100, 155.570700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000n16u
Coordinates
-7.0611, 155.5707
Network
us
Significance
417