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USGS iscgem893680

6 Nov 1952, 19:47

110 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.8 mw earthquake at 52.1 km depth.

Depth52.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 110 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.588000, 145.014000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem893680

Coordinates

-4.588, 145.014

Network

iscgem

Significance

718