M 6.3 - 197 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (1917 CE)

Type:

Earthquake

Date:

October 29, 1917 CE

Location:

197 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

Magnitude:

6.33 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 6.33
• USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.24

Other earthquake records of 1917 CE

• Guatemala, Guatemala City · Ms 6 · 2,650 deaths
• China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 1,800 deaths
• Indonesia, Bali · Ms 6.6 · 1,500 deaths
• Taiwan, Puli · Ms 6.3 · 54 deaths
• Philippines, S Mindanao: Glan, Glan Padidu, Tuyan · Ms 6.4 · 7 deaths
• Colombia, Bogota, Ubaque, Soacha, Caqueza · Ms 7.3 · 3 deaths

Press of the period

Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.

• VooruitOctober 29, 1917open in archive ↗
• Door Vlaanderen heen - geïllustreerd bijblad: Engelsche luchtaanval op AntwerpenOctober 28, 1917open in archive ↗
• Heimatgruß zum 400jährigen Reformationsjubiläum am 31. Oktober 1917 aus der Ephorie Sonnefeld (S. Coburg) allen lieben Kriegsteilnehmern wie ihren Angehörigen daheim und allen Gemeindegliedern zur Herzensstärkung in schwerster Kriegszeit und zur Festigung in allen Heilsgütern der Reformation und damit zum Aus- und Durchhalten mit Luthergeist und Kraft in dieser Zeit des Kampfes und der Not in treuer Liebe gewidmet von ihren SeelsorgernOctober 31, 1917open in archive ↗

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗

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