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1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake

severe earthquake and tsunami near Papua New Guinea
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Summary

1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake is an earthquake[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: Papua New Guinea[2]
  • Instance of: natural disaster[3], disaster[4], tsunami[5]
  • Location: Papua New Guinea[6]
  • Point in time: July 17, 1998[7]
  • Coordinate location: {'latitude': -2.96, 'longitude': 141.92}[8]
  • Number of deaths: {'amount': '+2700'}[9]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: {'amount': '+7.0'}[10]
  • Vertical depth: {'amount': '+10'}[11]

Related Entities

Papua New Guinea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': -2.96, 'longitude': 141.92}
    Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale → {'amount': '+7.0'}
    Location → Papua New Guinea
    Point in time → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
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