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Today on Friday 25 Mar 2022 a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occured in Papua New Guinea. a) Determine the energy released by this earthquake in ergs and b) in Joules. c) Based on the image provided where was the FOCUS and what is the EPICENTER?

Today on Friday 25 Mar 2022 a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occured in Papua New Guinea. a) Determine the energy released by this earthquake in ergs and b) in Joules. c) Based on the image provided where was the FOCUS and what is the EPICENTER?

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Today on Friday 25 Mar 2022 a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occured in Papua New Guinea. a) Determine the energy released by this earthquake in ergs and b) in Joules. c) Based on the image provided where was the FOCUS and what is the EPICENTER?

M 5.4 earthquake Papua New Guinea: Eastern New GuineReg., P.N.G. Friday, 25 Mar 2022 01:56 (UTC) Data: USGS Depth: 110.2km M5.4 Fri, 25 Mar 01:56 Local time epicenter: 25 Mar 11:5 Map base: Robinson projection Sw.jpg by Strebe (0wn work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)1 via Wikimedia Commons Modified & published under same license by VolcanoDiscovery VOLCANO DISCOVERY generated in 71.4ms 25 Mar 2022143
Transcribed Image Text:M 5.4 earthquake Papua New Guinea: Eastern New GuineReg., P.N.G. Friday, 25 Mar 2022 01:56 (UTC) Data: USGS Depth: 110.2km M5.4 Fri, 25 Mar 01:56 Local time epicenter: 25 Mar 11:5 Map base: Robinson projection Sw.jpg by Strebe (0wn work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)1 via Wikimedia Commons Modified & published under same license by VolcanoDiscovery VOLCANO DISCOVERY generated in 71.4ms 25 Mar 2022143
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