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USGS iscgem909807

8 Apr 1926, 10:20

183 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 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 183 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.585000, 147.857000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem909807

Coordinates

-3.585, 147.857

Network

iscgem

Significance

611