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USGS us7000lhhy

8 Dec 2023, 15:27

247 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated10 February 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 247 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.522000, 153.254300

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us7000lhhy

Coordinates

-6.522, 153.2543

Network

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Significance

465