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Historic Earthquake
1990 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
30 December 1990 · New Britain · Papua New Guinea
On 30 December 1990 at 19:14 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Britain), at a depth of 179 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 137 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 30 December 1990
- Time
- 19:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 179 km
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Lolobau (30 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2016New Britain New Ireland · M 7.9
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 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
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth