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Historic Earthquake
1931 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
7 August 1931 · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
On 7 August 1931 at 02:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Sea), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Woodlark Plate, 79 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 7 August 1931
- Time
- 02:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 35 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Woodlark Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2002Kairiru Is, Muschu Is · M 7.64 deaths
- 1971New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 8.1
- 1968N Coast, Wewak · M 7.5
- 1935N-Central · M 7.8
- 1918N Coast · M 7.5
- 1917Papua New Guinea · M 7.5
- 1916N Coast · M 7.5
- 1907Bismarck Sea · M 7.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth