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USGS usc000f42i

8 Feb 2013, 17:59

82 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.7 mb earthquake at 93 km depth.

Depth93 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 82 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.315000, 154.737000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000f42i
Coordinates
-6.315, 154.737
Network
us
Significance
500