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USGS iscgem890932

6 Aug 1954, 00:44

77 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.023000, 146.924000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem890932

Coordinates

-6.023, 146.924

Network

iscgem

Significance

588