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Historic Earthquake
1902 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
24 January 1902 · Papua New Guinea
On 24 January 1902 at 23:27 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Woodlark Plate, 46 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 24 January 1902
- Time
- 23:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Woodlark Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Goodenough (153 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20102010 New Britain Earthquakes · M 7.3
- 1987New Britain, Kandrian · M 7.7
- 1985New Britain, Bialla · M 7.11 deaths
- 1964New Britain · M 7.6
- 1947New Britain · M 7.3
- 1945New Britain · M 7.8
- 1920New Britain · M 7.7
- 1906New Britain · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth