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USGS iscgem790114

12 Nov 1970, 07:07

59 km W of Madang, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 24.3 km depth.

Depth24.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 59 km W of Madang, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.153000, 145.252000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem790114

Coordinates

-5.153, 145.252

Network

iscgem

Significance

611