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USGS iscgem897844

6 May 1947, 22:30

92 km WSW of Kandrian, 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 92 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.487000, 148.758000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem897844

Coordinates

-6.487, 148.758

Network

iscgem

Significance

849