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USGS usp000f50v

17 Feb 2007, 07:56

116 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 31 km depth.

Depth31 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 116 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.290000, 155.878000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000f50v
Coordinates
-7.29, 155.878
Network
us
Significance
385