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USGS iscgem908211

13 Jul 1929, 15:50

94 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 94 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.293000, 148.660000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem908211

Coordinates

-6.293, 148.66

Network

iscgem

Significance

628