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USGS usc000hh2m

6 Jun 2013, 09:16

90 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 88.4 km depth.

Depth88.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 90 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.389000, 154.670000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000hh2m
Coordinates
-6.389, 154.67
Network
us
Significance
385