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USGS usb000mzlz

2 Mar 2014, 19:38

70 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 45 km depth.

Depth45 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 70 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.285900, 154.844400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000mzlz
Coordinates
-6.2859, 154.8444
Network
us
Significance
518