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Historic Earthquake
1968 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
12 February 1968 · New Ireland · Papua New Guinea
On 12 February 1968 at 05:44 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Ireland), at a depth of 74 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 28 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 12 February 1968
- Time
- 05:44 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 74 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Rabaul (Tavurvur) (179 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 2016New Britain New Ireland · M 7.9
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 8.02 deaths
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 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