- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 17, 1906 CE
- Location:
- 175 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 6.62 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.62
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.2
Other earthquake records of 1906 CE
- Chile, South Central · Mw 8.2 · 4,000 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.8 · 1,258 deaths
- Ecuador, Off Coast · Mw 8.8 · 1,000 deaths
- California, San Francisco · Mw 7.9 · 700 deaths
- China, Xinjiang Province · Ms 8.3 · 280 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.5 · 15 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.6 - 175 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (1906 CE) happen?
- September 17, 1906 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.