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Papua New Guinea earthquakes in 1955

5 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Papua New Guinea in 1955. The largest: M7.3 102 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, Oct 10, 1955.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19541956

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Where every quake of 1955 was located in Papua New Guinea. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1955

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.9105 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea · 35 km deep
  2. 7.3102 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea · 20 km deep
  3. 6.1109 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea · 50 km deep
  4. 6.477 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea · 15 km deep
  5. 6.374 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea · 50 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19550
February 19550
March 19550
April 19550
May 19550
June 19550
July 19550
August 19550
September 195526.477 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
October 195537.3102 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
November 19550
December 19550

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Papua New Guinea nowWorldwide in 1955

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.