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USGS iscgem876247

15 Mar 1961, 10:15

81 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 81 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.309000, 150.861000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem876247

Coordinates

-3.309, 150.861

Network

iscgem

Significance

571