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Historic Earthquake
1906 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
14 September 1906 · New Britain · Papua New Guinea
On 14 September 1906 at 16:04 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Britain), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 34 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 14 September 1906
- Time
- 16:04 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Langila (176 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.621 deaths
- 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
- 1902Papua New Guinea · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth