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Historic Earthquake
1907 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
4 May 1907 · New Britain · Papua New Guinea
On 4 May 1907 at 06:51 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Britain), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Solomon Sea Plate, 120 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 4 May 1907
- Time
- 06:51 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Solomon Sea Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1975Solomon Islands, Buin · M 7.7
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 1939Bougainville Island · M 7.75 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth