- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 11, 1934 CE
- Location:
- 131 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 6.25 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5.675
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.25
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.73
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.03
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.87
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.81
Other earthquake records of 1934 CE
- Nepal / India, Bihar · Mw 8 · 10,600 deaths
- Turkey, Kurdistan: Diyarbakir (Mouche Diarbekir) · 100 deaths
- Turkey, Kurdistan: Diyarbakir (Diarbekir) · 20 deaths
- Taiwan, Yilan · Ms 6.5 · 3 deaths
- Utah · Ms 6.6 · 2 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 1 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 6.3 - 131 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (1934 CE) happen?
- August 11, 1934 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.