- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 27, 1984 CE
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea, Karkar
- Magnitude:
- 6.6 Ms
- Depth:
- 28 km
- Injuries:
- 11
- Intensity (MMI):
- 8
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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.6
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.4
Other earthquake records of 1984 CE
- Japan, Honshu: Central: Mt Ontake · Ms 6.1 · 29 deaths
- India, Assam, Cachar District · Mb 5.6 · 20 deaths
- Japan, Kyushu: Nobeoka · Ms 6.7 · 20 deaths
- Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo · Ms 6.7 · 5 deaths
- Pakistan-Nw Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Chitral-Landi · Mb 6.1 · 4 deaths
- Italy, S Central: Abruzzo · Ms 5.8 · 3 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1984 CE Earthquake — Papua New Guinea, Karkar happen?
- March 27, 1984 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.