- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 15, 2003 CE
- Location:
- 105 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.6 Mwc
- Depth:
- 33 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: Mwc 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 6.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.7
Other earthquake records of 2003 CE
- Iran, Southeastern: Bam, Baravat · Mw 6.6 · 31,000 deaths
- Algeria, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia · Mw 6.8 · 2,287 deaths
- China, S. Xinjiang: Bachu · Mw 6.3 · 261 deaths
- Turkey, Bingol · Mw 6.4 · 177 deaths
- Mexico, Villa De Alvarez, Colima, Tecoman, Jalisco · Mw 7.5 · 29 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Mw 5.9 · 16 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 5.6 - 105 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (2003 CE) happen?
- April 15, 2003 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.