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Historic Earthquake
2018 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
4 March 2018 · S Highlands · Papua New Guinea
On 4 March 2018 at 19:56 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (S Highlands), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 55 km from its boundary with the Woodlark Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 11 people.
- Date
- 4 March 2018
- Time
- 19:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 11
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth