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USGS usc000rdha

10 Jun 2014, 19:26

106 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 16.2 km depth.

Depth16.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 106 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.804100, 154.658600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000rdha
Coordinates
-6.8041, 154.6586
Network
us
Significance
432