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Historic Earthquake
1971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes
14 July 1971 · New Ireland, Bougainville · Papua New Guinea
On 14 July 1971 at 06:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Ireland, Bougainville), at a depth of 47 km. It occurred on the North Bismarck Plate, 65 km from its boundary with the South Bismarck Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 3 people (including tsunami victims) and injured 5.
- Date
- 14 July 1971
- Time
- 06:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 47 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 5
- Estimated Damage
- 0 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (6.0 m wave)
- Plate
- North Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Balbi (130 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
- 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