- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 31, 1970 CE
- Location:
- 49 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 6.9 Mw
- Depth:
- 59.5 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.606
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.53
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1970 CE
- Peru, Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo · Mw 7.9 · 66,794 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province, Vietnam: Hanoi · Mw 7.1 · 15,621 deaths
- Turkey, Gediz · Mw 7.2 · 1,086 deaths
- Iran, Karnaveh, Marev · Ms 6.7 · 220 deaths
- Peru, N, Ecuador: S · Ms 7.6 · 82 deaths
- Russia, Dagestan · Mw 6.7 · 31 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 6.9 - 49 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea (1970 CE) happen?
- October 31, 1970 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.