- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 16, 2015 CE
- Location:
- 164 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.3 mb
- Depth:
- 10 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 5.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.6
Other earthquake records of 2015 CE
- Nepal, Kathmandu, India, China, Bangladesh · Mw 7.8 · 8,957 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush · Mw 7.5 · 399 deaths
- Nepal, Dolakha · Mw 7.3 · 117 deaths
- Malaysia, Sabah: Lahad, Datu, Kanak · Mw 6 · 18 deaths
- Chile, Central · Mw 8.3 · 15 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Bosnia-Herzegovina: · ML 3.7 · 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 5.3 - 164 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (2015 CE) happen?
- September 16, 2015 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.