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Historic Earthquake
1943 Indonesia Earthquake
6 November 1943 · New Guinea, Irian Jaya · Indonesia
On 6 November 1943 at 08:31 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Indonesia (New Guinea, Irian Jaya), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 69 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 6 November 1943
- Time
- 08:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Nabire Earthquake · M 7.132 deaths
- 2004February 2004 Nabire Earthquakes · M 7.3
- 2004Nabire · M 7.037 deaths
- 1985New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 6.310 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth