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Historic Earthquake
1941 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
13 January 1941 · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
On 13 January 1941 at 16:27 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Sea), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 49 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 4 people. 1 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 13 January 1941
- Time
- 16:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 15 km
- Deaths
- 4
- Homes Destroyed
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.2 m wave)
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Rabaul (Tavurvur) (16 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2016New Britain New Ireland · M 7.9
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 8.02 deaths
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 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