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USGS iscgem777013

18 Jan 1972, 21:55

97 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 29.1 km depth.

Depth29.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 97 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.856000, 144.983000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem777013

Coordinates

-4.856, 144.983

Network

iscgem

Significance

654