Today: 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu

7.2 magnitude earthquake 122 km from Finschhafen, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

1997-12-22 02:05:50 UTC

UTC time: Monday, December 22, 1997 02:05 AM
Your time: 1997-12-22T02:05:50Z
Magnitude Type: mwc
USGS page: M 7.2 - eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people
1997-12-22 02:05:50 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 179 km depth
Finschhafen, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
Aftershocks:
1997-12-22 20:51:45 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 86 km depth
Finschhafen, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
1997-12-23 03:05:30 UTC 5.1 magnitude, 65 km depth
Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
1997-12-23 03:44:37 UTC 3.8 magnitude, 33 km depth
Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

This earthquake is on the map of Southeast Asia and is close to:

Bismarck Sea
Eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Near S Coast Of New Guinea
New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Near N Coast Of New Guinea
D'entrecasteaux Islands
Ninigo Islands, Papua New Guinea
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
North Of Solomon Islands
Fed. States Of Micronesia
Gulf Of Carpentaria