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USGS us70005dfx

8 Sept 2019, 19:10

56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 371.7 km depth.

Depth371.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.537100, 155.023300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70005dfx
Coordinates
-6.5371, 155.0233
Network
us
Significance
400