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USGS usc000t4dc

7 Dec 2014, 02:24

140 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 February 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 140 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.775400, 154.304700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000t4dc
Coordinates
-6.7754, 154.3047
Network
us
Significance
385