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USGS iscgem790310

18 Nov 1970, 10:45

225 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 18.6 km depth.

Depth18.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 225 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.505000, 148.993000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem790310

Coordinates

-3.505, 148.993

Network

iscgem

Significance

576