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Historic Earthquake
2010 New Britain Earthquakes
18 July 2010 · New Britain · Papua New Guinea
On 18 July 2010 at 13:34 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Britain), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 83 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 18 July 2010
- Time
- 13:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Witori (41 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 8.02 deaths
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 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