- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 18, 2014 CE
- Location:
- 130 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5 mb
- Depth:
- 34.98 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: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.8
Other earthquake records of 2014 CE
- China, Yunnan: Ludian: Longtoushan, Zhaotong · Mw 6.2 · 615 deaths
- Peru, Paruro Province · Mb 4.9 · 8 deaths
- Chile, Northern: Iquique, Alto Hospicio · Mw 8.2 · 7 deaths
- Algeria, Algiers · Mw 5.5 · 6 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Garze · Mw 5.9 · 5 deaths
- Mexico / Guatemala, San Marcos · Mw 6.9 · 4 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 - 130 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (2014 CE) happen?
- March 18, 2014 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.