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USGS us7000bqik

20 Sept 2020, 17:55

184 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 November 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 184 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.602400, 153.841000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000bqik
Coordinates
-6.6024, 153.841
Network
us
Significance
385