- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 29, 1946 CE
- Location:
- 152 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 7.68 Mw
- Depth:
- 50 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.495
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 7.68
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.06
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.24
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.35
Other earthquake records of 1946 CE
- Dominican Republic, Northeastern Coast · Mw 7.9 · 1,790 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: S Coast · Mw 8.3 · 1,362 deaths
- Turkey, Ustukran · Mw 5.9 · 840 deaths
- Peru, Jocaibamba, Cerro Angaschaj, Cerro Sillapata · M 7.3 · 800 deaths
- Turkmenistan · M 7.5 · 400 deaths
- Algeria, Hodna Mountains · Ms 5.6 · 264 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 7.7 - 152 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (1946 CE) happen?
- September 29, 1946 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.