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USGS iscgem909879

19 Jun 1926, 12:22

57 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6 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 57 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.058000, 149.048000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem909879

Coordinates

-6.058, 149.048

Network

iscgem

Significance

561