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Historic Earthquake
1913 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
30 May 1913 · Solomon Islands · Papua New Guinea
On 30 May 1913 at 11:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Solomon Islands), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the North Bismarck Plate, 89 km from its boundary with the South Bismarck Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 30 May 1913
- Time
- 11:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- North Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Balbi (151 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 2016New Britain New Ireland · M 7.9
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 8.02 deaths
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1919Solomon Islands · M 8.2
- 1916Solomon Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth