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M6.6 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 1953-10-06

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth20 km

Time (UTC)1953-10-06 21:38

Rank in 195325 / 128among M6+

Rank since 19003421 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

118 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea · -3.65, 150.76

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2000 M8.0M8.0

1916 M8.0M8.0

1920 M7.8M7.8

2000 M7.8M7.8

2019 M7.6M7.6

1990 M7.5M7.5

2015 M7.5M7.5

1945 M7.5M7.5

1905 M7.4M7.4

1999 M7.4M7.4

1953 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 1953-08-25	1953-08-25 02:04	30 km	99 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M7.4 1953-04-23	1953-04-23 16:24	35 km	67 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1953-04-02	1953-04-02 03:56	55 km	119 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1953-01-07	1953-01-07 14:08	55 km	140 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1952-12-25	1952-12-25 03:19	45 km	134 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1952-12-25	1952-12-25 02:28	35 km	152 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1952-12-24	1952-12-24 21:37	35 km	134 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 1952-12-24	1952-12-24 18:39	21 km	125 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1952-12-24	1952-12-24 08:33	45 km	127 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1952-11-16	1952-11-16 07:38	35 km	29 km SW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.