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Province
East New Britain
Papua New Guinea · Oceania
East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, in Oceania. It lies on the South Bismarck Plate. Records include 3 major earthquakes since 1900 and 6 tsunamis observed on its coasts.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- Urban FloodMedium
- Coastal FloodMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- River FloodLow
- CycloneLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 2015East New Britain · M 7.5
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1983Ulawun, Rabaul · M 6.410 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2000Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea · 3.0 m2 deaths
- 1994Papua New Guinea · 3.0 m4 deaths
- 1971Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea · 6.0 m3 deaths
- 1971Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea · 10.0 m
- 1952Kamchatka, Russia · 23.0 m10,000 deaths
- 1937Rabaul, Papua New Guinea · 2.5 m507 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002