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Historic Earthquake
2002 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
8 September 2002 · Kairiru Is, Muschu Is · Papua New Guinea
On 8 September 2002 at 18:44 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Kairiru Is, Muschu Is), at a depth of 13 km. It occurred on the Woodlark Plate, 34 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 4 people and injured 70.
- Date
- 8 September 2002
- Time
- 18:44 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 13 km
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 70
- Homes Damaged
- 873
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (5.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Woodlark Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Blup Blup (187 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19981998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.01,636 deaths
- 1986Papua New Guinea · M 7.1
- 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