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Historic Earthquake
2014 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
19 April 2014 · Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
On 19 April 2014 at 13:28 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (Solomon Sea), at a depth of 43 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 35 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (collision zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 19 April 2014
- Time
- 13:28 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 43 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Loloru (71 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 20072007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 8.152 deaths
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 1919Solomon Islands · M 8.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth