Earthquake Location

Magnitude 6.8 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Friday, September 01, 2006 at 10:18:51 UTC

World Location Earthquake Location

Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green

Earthquake Location
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green

Map of PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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