- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 17, 1998 CE
- Location:
- near the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 mb
- Depth:
- 10 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5.248
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: mb 5.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.6
Other earthquake records of 1998 CE
- Afghanistan, Badakhshan, Takhar · Mw 6.6 · 4,700 deaths
- Afghanistan, Rostaq, Tajikistan: Dushanbe · Mw 5.9 · 2,323 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, Sissano · Mw 7 · 1,636 deaths
- Turkey, Adana, Ceyhan · Mw 6.3 · 145 deaths
- Bolivia, Central: Aiquile, Totora · Mw 6.6 · 105 deaths
- China, Northeastern: Shangyi-Zhangbei, Hebei · Mw 5.7 · 70 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 5.9 - near the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (1998 CE) happen?
- July 17, 1998 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.