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USGS iscgemsup900159

30 Dec 1943, 23:02

31 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.9 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 31 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.835000, 150.143000

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150 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgemsup900159

Coordinates

-5.835, 150.143

Network

iscgemsup

Significance

726