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USGS iscgem903609

5 May 1936, 20:43

200 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 200 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.020000, 149.047000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem903609

Coordinates

-3.02, 149.047

Network

iscgem

Significance

588