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USGS iscgem897566

24 Sept 1948, 21:41

47 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.5 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 47 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.474000, 144.049000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem897566

Coordinates

-3.474, 144.049

Network

iscgem

Significance

640