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USGS iscgem901779

22 Jan 1939, 13:31

83 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 83 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.573000, 148.888000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem901779

Coordinates

-6.573, 148.888

Network

iscgem

Significance

578