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Historic Earthquake
1976 Papua Earthquake
25 June 1976 · New Guinea, Irian Jaya · Indonesia
On 25 June 1976 at 19:18 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (New Guinea, Irian Jaya), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Maoke Plate, 41 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 6,000 people. It is the 48th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 25 June 1976
- Time
- 19:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 6,000
- Plate
- Maoke Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1976New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 7.1133 deaths
- 1971New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 8.1
- 1968New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 7.7
- 1935N-Central · M 7.8
- 1931Bismarck Sea · M 7.0
- 1926New Guinea, Irian Jaya · M 7.9
- 1918N Coast · M 7.5
- 1917Papua New Guinea · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth