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USGS usp000755e

14 Oct 1995, 21:44

103 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 18.6 km depth.

Depth18.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 103 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.435000, 154.556000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000755e
Coordinates
-6.435, 154.556
Network
us
Significance
572