- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 24, 2016 CE
- Location:
- 175 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mww
- Depth:
- 35 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 3.82
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: Mww 6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 6.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2016 CE
- Ecuador, Near West Coast: Manabi, Esmeraldas · Mw 7.8 · 663 deaths
- Italy, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice · Mw 6.2 · 299 deaths
- Japan, Kumamoto, Oita · Mw 7 · 273 deaths
- Taiwan, Tainan · Mw 6.4 · 117 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Aceh: Pidie Jaya · Mw 6.5 · 104 deaths
- Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda: Rakai · Mw 5.9 · 23 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 6.0 - 175 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (2016 CE) happen?
- December 24, 2016 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.