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USGS usp000gwug

4 May 2009, 23:23

91 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 36.6 km depth.

Depth36.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 91 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-7.142000, 155.475000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gwug
Coordinates
-7.142, 155.475
Network
us
Significance
385