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Wednesday, April 23, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea the Wednesday, April 23, 1997 at 00:05 with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest city with more than 15.000 habitants is Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea - PG). The epicenter is located at longitude 166.788 and latitude -14.139. 2198.12 km from Ovalle.
Magnitude 5.5
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Depth ? 34.5
Nst ? 121
Dmin ?
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Location Port Moresby
National Capital District
Papua New Guinea (pg))

Earthquake Map 4/23/1997 12:05:52 AM

Closest cities

Closest cities near the epicenter
Lae102.62 km
Bulolo149.86 km
Popondetta224.92 km
Kimbe278.58 km
Madang290.60 km
Goroka291.18 km
Port Moresby308.59 km
Mount Hagen422.20 km
Mendi477.20 km
Kokopo550.07 km

Biggest cities

Closest cities with Population over 100,000
Port Moresby308.59 km
Jayapura926.20 km
Townsville City1388.43 km
Sorong1962.81 km
Ternate2430.84 km
Díli2474.78 km
Bitung2691.02 km
Kupang2703.85 km
Manado2721.62 km
Kendari2832.78 km

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