- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 18, 1992 CE
- Location:
- New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 121.4 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.7
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 1992 CE
- Indonesia, Flores Region, Maumere, Babi · Mw 7.8 · 2,500 deaths
- Turkey, Erzincan · Ms 6.9 · 653 deaths
- Egypt, Cairo · Ms 5.3 · 545 deaths
- Nicaragua, Masachapa, Costa Rica · Mw 7.6 · 170 deaths
- Kyrgyzstan, Toluk · Ms 7.5 · 75 deaths
- Colombia, Murindo, Apartado, Medellin · Ms 7.4 · 11 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 5.1 - New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (1992 CE) happen?
- March 18, 1992 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.