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USGS iscgem913192

3 Jul 1918, 07:52

50 km N of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 7.6 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 50 km N of Wewak, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.094000, 143.573000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem913192

Coordinates

-3.094, 143.573

Network

iscgem

Significance

884