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1935 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
20 September 1935 · N-Central · Papua New Guinea
On 20 September 1935 at 01:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (N-Central), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Woodlark Plate, 123 km from its boundary with the Maoke Plate (continental collision). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 20 September 1935
- Time
- 01:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 30 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Woodlark Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20182018 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.5145 deaths
- 2002Kairiru Is, Muschu Is · M 7.64 deaths
- 1971New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 8.1
- 1968N Coast, Wewak · M 7.5
- 1968New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 7.7
- 1918N Coast · M 7.5
- 1917Papua New Guinea · 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