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USGS usp000jprr

2 Aug 2012, 04:15

72 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mwb earthquake at 31 km depth.

Depth31 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 72 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.319000, 154.833000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jprr
Coordinates
-6.319, 154.833
Network
us
Significance
416