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USGS iscgem768118

6 Oct 1972, 17:42

28 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 43.5 km depth.

Depth43.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 28 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.080000, 149.776000

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134 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

81 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem768118

Coordinates

-6.08, 149.776

Network

iscgem

Significance

613