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Historic Earthquake
1986 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
24 June 1986 · Papua New Guinea
On 24 June 1986 at 03:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 102 km. It occurred on the Woodlark Plate, 72 km from its boundary with the South Bismarck Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 24 June 1986
- Time
- 03:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 102 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Plate
- Woodlark Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Kadovar (118 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20182018 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.5145 deaths
- 2002Kairiru Is, Muschu Is · M 7.64 deaths
- 1968N Coast, Wewak · M 7.5
- 1935N-Central · M 7.8
- 1918N Coast · M 7.5
- 1917Papua New Guinea · M 7.5
- 1916N Coast · M 7.5
- 1907Bismarck Sea · M 7.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth