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USGS iscgem865356

23 Aug 1964, 16:24

20 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 48.4 km depth.

Depth48.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.022000, 149.521000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem865356

Coordinates

-6.022, 149.521

Network

iscgem

Significance

597