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USGS usp000cr05

27 Mar 2004, 06:19

80 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.9 mwb earthquake at 48.1 km depth.

Depth48.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 80 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.256000, 154.760000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cr05
Coordinates
-6.256, 154.76
Network
us
Significance
536