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USGS usp000hjmr

22 Aug 2010, 21:20

124 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 124 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.235000, 154.360000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000hjmr

Coordinates

-6.235, 154.36

Network

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Significance

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