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Historic Earthquake
1985 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
10 May 1985 · New Britain, Bialla · Papua New Guinea
On 10 May 1985 at 15:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Britain, Bialla), at a depth of 27 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 86 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 10 May 1985
- Time
- 15:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 27 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Sulu Range (16 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 8.02 deaths
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 1945New Britain · M 7.8
- 1916Solomon Islands · M 7.9
- 1906New Britain · M 8.0
- 1902Papua New Guinea · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth