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Historic Earthquake
1906 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
2 October 1906 · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
On 2 October 1906 at 01:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Sea). It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 62 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (oceanic transform fault). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 2 October 1906
- Time
- 01:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Tsunami
- Yes
- 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
- 1945New Britain · M 7.8
- 1938Papua New Guinea · M 7.5
- 1920New Britain · M 7.7
- 1905Bismarck Sea · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth