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USGS us700097k4

25 Apr 2020, 03:55

117 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated11 July 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 117 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.553600, 154.451300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us700097k4
Coordinates
-6.5536, 154.4513
Network
us
Significance
449