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Historic Earthquake
1905 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
18 May 1905 · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
On 18 May 1905 at 13:45 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Sea), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 62 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 18 May 1905
- Time
- 13:45 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Dakataua (168 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1990New Britain · M 7.5
- 1987New Britain, Kandrian · M 7.7
- 1987Huon Peninsula, Umboi Island · M 7.63 deaths
- 1964New Britain · M 7.6
- 1947New Britain · M 7.3
- 1945New Britain · M 7.8
- 1938Papua New Guinea · M 7.5
- 1920New Britain · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth