Abstract
THE United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in co-operation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association, has made a preliminary determination of the epicentre of the earthquake of January 13, 1941. From reports received from the seismographic stations at Honolulu, St. Louis, Manila, Pasadena, Sitka, Logan, Chicago, Fordham, Philadelphia, Lincoln and College (Alaska), the epicentre appeared to be at latitude 3° S., longitude 144° E., which is in the Pacific Ocean north-west of Cape Girgir in New Guinea and almost due west of the Purdy Islands of the Admiralty Islands group. The depth of focus is estimated to have been near 100 km., which is not unexpected since the epicentre lies in a belt well known for the prevalence of deep focus earthquakes in the past. The initial time of the shock was probably 16h. 27.7m. G.M.T.
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Earthquake near New Guinea. Nature 147, 414 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147414b0
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