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USGS iscgem897650

26 Nov 1948, 05:36

97 km NNW of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.6 mw earthquake at 54.9 km depth.

Depth54.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 97 km NNW of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.163000, 144.771000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem897650

Coordinates

-5.163, 144.771

Network

iscgem

Significance

674