- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 17, 2012 CE
- Location:
- 115 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5 mb
- Depth:
- 54.4 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
Other earthquake records of 2012 CE
- Iran, Ahar, Haris, Varzagan · Mw 6.5 · 306 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Zhaotong: Yiliang · Mw 5.6 · 81 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush · Mw 5.8 · 75 deaths
- Philippines, Negros Oriental Province · Mw 6.7 · 51 deaths
- Guatemala, San Marcos, San Cristobal Cochu · Mw 7.3 · 48 deaths
- Bangladesh, Dhaka · Mb 4.5 · 44 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 5.0 - 115 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (2012 CE) happen?
- August 17, 2012 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.