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Historic Earthquake
1939 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
30 January 1939 · Bougainville Island · Papua New Guinea
On 30 January 1939 at 02:18 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 46 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 5 people.
- Date
- 30 January 1939
- Time
- 02:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 35 km
- Deaths
- 5
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Loloru (67 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 20072007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 8.152 deaths
- 1995Rabaul, Kokopo · M 7.7
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1975Solomon Islands, Buin · M 7.7
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 1907New Britain · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth