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Papua New Guinea 1998 earthquake epicenter

Detailed Description

New Guinea is a seismically active region, the site of an arc-continent collision, where tectonic plates are converging and sliding past each other. The tectonic boundaries and faulting in this region are very complex. Star shows the epicenter of the 1998 earthquake.

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