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USGS iscgem885355

1 Nov 1958, 03:38

101 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 101 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.338000, 150.293000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem885355

Coordinates

-3.338, 150.293

Network

iscgem

Significance

618