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USGS iscgem908930

15 Oct 1928, 08:31

123 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 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 123 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.686000, 150.671000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem908930

Coordinates

-3.686, 150.671

Network

iscgem

Significance

601