- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 27, 1993 CE
- Location:
- 47 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 38.2 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.364
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 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
Other earthquake records of 1993 CE
- India, Latur-Osmanabad, Killari · Mw 6.2 · 11,000 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido, Russia: Southeast, South Korea · Mw 7.7 · 231 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, Eastern: Upper Markham Valley · Mw 6.9 · 60 deaths
- Iran, Bovir Ahmadi Va Kohkiluyeh · Mw 5.4 · 24 deaths
- Peru, Lima · Mw 6.3 · 6 deaths
- Futuna Island · Mw 6.4 · 5 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 5.5 - 47 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (1993 CE) happen?
- April 27, 1993 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.