- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 22, 2017 CE
- Location:
- 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 7.9 Mww
- Depth:
- 135 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7.253
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 7.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.9
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2017 CE
- Iran, Kermanshah, Iraq: Kurdistan · Mw 7.3 · 630 deaths
- Mexico, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla · Mw 7.1 · 369 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Guatemala · Mw 8.2 · 98 deaths
- Italy, Farindola · Mw 5.7 · 34 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Aba · Mw 6.5 · 29 deaths
- Philippines, Surigao Del Norte · Mw 6.5 · 8 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 7.9 - 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (2017 CE) happen?
- January 22, 2017 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.