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USGS iscgem891406

3 Jan 1953, 17:46

147 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 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 147 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.295000, 146.835000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem891406

Coordinates

-3.295, 146.835

Network

iscgem

Significance

554