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USGS iscgem891636

23 Apr 1953, 17:24

67 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 7.4 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 67 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.449000, 152.868000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem891636

Coordinates

-4.449, 152.868

Network

iscgem

Significance

838