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USGS iscgem904645

11 Nov 1935, 13:11

62 km SSE 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 62 km SSE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.758000, 149.658000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem904645

Coordinates

-6.758, 149.658

Network

iscgem

Significance

569