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M6.6 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 1944-05-19

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth15 km

Time (UTC)1944-05-19 00:19

Rank in 194433 / 83among M6+

Rank since 19003939 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×7approx.

227 km ENE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea · -2.05, 152.78

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2000 M8.0M8.0

2016 M7.9M7.9

2005 M7.6M7.6

2019 M7.6M7.6

2015 M7.5M7.5

1953 M7.4M7.4

1985 M7.3M7.3

2013 M7.3M7.3

1944 M7.3M7.3

1941 M7.2M7.2

1946 M7.1M7.1

1999 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 1944-05-18	1944-05-18 04:43	15 km	200 km ENE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M7.2 1941-01-13	1941-01-13 16:27	15 km	New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1940-11-27	1940-11-27 14:41	25 km	112 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1940-09-12	1940-09-12 13:17	76 km	75 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 1939-08-25	1939-08-25 03:48	35 km	109 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1938-01-07	1938-01-07 15:26	15 km	56 km NNE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1936-05-21	1936-05-21 02:50	35 km	north of the Solomon Islands
M6.3 1936-04-02	1936-04-02 06:16	25 km	85 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1935-09-15	1935-09-15 11:15	15 km	15 km NE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1934-11-18	1934-11-18 22:40	35 km	115 km ESE of Kokopo, 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.