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USGS usp000fsyv

20 Nov 2007, 12:52

68 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 mwb earthquake at 52.6 km depth.

Depth52.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 68 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.907000, 155.672000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fsyv
Coordinates
-6.907, 155.672
Network
us
Significance
554