- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 12, 2000 CE
- Location:
- 59 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 Mwb
- Depth:
- 33 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.881
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: Mwb 5.9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.7
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
Other earthquake records of 2000 CE
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Bengkulu, Enggano · Mw 7.9 · 103 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Luwuk, Banggai, Peleng · Mw 7.6 · 54 deaths
- Azerbaijan, Baku · Mw 6.8 · 31 deaths
- Turkmenistan, Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi · Mw 7 · 11 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Yaoan County · Mw 5.9 · 7 deaths
- Nicaragua, Masaya · Mw 5.4 · 7 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 - 59 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (2000 CE) happen?
- February 12, 2000 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.