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USGS usb000pr89

19 Apr 2014, 14:28

70 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 7.5 mww earthquake at 43.4 km depth.

Depth43.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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

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-6.754700, 155.024100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000pr89
Coordinates
-6.7547, 155.0241
Network
us
Significance
865