Papua New Guinea  [ Back to Seismic Damage Index ]   [ Back to Country Index ]
Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1900 9 11 - -6.00 151.00 - - T - - 　 Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.
1902 1 24 2327U -8.00 150.00 s 7.8 　 - - 　 Papua New Guinea(overestimated M) 7.2S
1906 9 14 1604U -7.00 149.00 s 8.4 T - - some Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.(overestimated M) 7.5S
1906 10 2 252U -4.00 149.00 s 7.7 T - - 　 Papua New Guinea:Bunda Bay 7.2S
1911 5 8 - - - - - T - - 　 Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.
1913 5 30 1146U -5.00 154.00 - 7.5 　 - - some Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 7.7S
1913 10 11 406U -7.00 148.00 - 7.0 T - - 　 Papua New Guinea 7.0S
1916 1 1 1320U -4.00 154.00 s 7.9 T - - some Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.8S
1917 7 29 2152U -3.50 141.00 - 7.6 T - - 　 Papua New Guinea 7.7S
1918 7 3 652U -3.50 142.50 - 7.5 　 - - 　 Papua New Guinea 7.4S
1919 5 6 1941U -5.00 154.00 s 7.9 T some - mode Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.9S
1920 2 2 1122U -4.00 152.50 - 7.7 T - - 　 Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 7.7S
1935 9 20 146U -3.50 141.70 - 7.9 T - - 　 Papua New Guinea 7.9S
1938 5 12 1538U -6.00 147.70 - 7.5 T - - 　 Papua New Guinea 7.5S
1939 1 30 218U -6.50 155.50 s 7.8 T - - some Papua New Guinea/Solomon Is. 7.8S
1941 1 13 1627U -4.50 152.50 s 7.0 T - - some Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.,Rabaul 7.0S
1944 5 25 1258U -2.50 152.70 - 7.5 　 - - 　 Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.5S
1945 12 28 1748U -6.00 150.00 - 7.8 　 - - 　 Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 7.7S
1946 9 29 301U -4.50 153.50 - 7.8 　 - - 　 Papua New Guinea:New Ireland region 7.7S
1947 5 6 2030U -6.50 148.50 - 7.6 　 - - 　 Papua New Guinea 7.5S
1953 4 23 1624U -4.00 154.00 - 7.5 T - - some Papua New Guinea:New Ireland region 7.5S
1959 7 5 1405U -6.00 146.50 n - 　 - 18 limi Papua New Guinea:Hopetown
1959 11 19 1108U -5.90 146.40 115 7.0 　 - - limi Papua New Guinea:Lae 7.0B
1964 11 17 815U -5.70 150.70 45 7.6 T - - insi Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 7.0S
1967 8 13 2215U -4.40 152.50 29 6.2 T - - seve Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.
1968 2 12 544U -5.50 153.20 74 7.8 　 - - limi Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.1S
1968 10 23 2104U -3.33 143.25 12 7.5 　 - - mode Papua New Guinea:Wewak,Dagua(possibly overestimated M)
1970 10 31 1753U -4.93 145.47 42 7.0 T 5 some mode Papua New Guinea:Madang(I=8) D=15 H=20
1971 7 14 611U -5.47 153.88 47 7.9 T 2 5 limi Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.(I=7) 7.8S
1971 7 26 123U -4.94 153.17 48 7.9 T - - limi Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.7S
1975 7 20 1437U -6.59 155.05 49 7.9 T - - seve Papua New Guinea:Bougainville Is.(I=8) 7.6S
1975 7 20 1954U -7.10 155.15 44 7.7 ? - - 　 Papua New Guinea(I=7) 7.5S
1979 6 25 529U -4.98 145.58 189 6.0 　 - - mode Papua New Guinea 6.6W
1981 11 6 1647U -3.56 143.79 33 6.9 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea 6.6W
1983 3 18 905U -4.88 153.58 89 7.6 T 0 0 limi Papua New Guinea:New Ireland,Rabaul 7.7W
1983 12 21 2332U -5.54 151.86 33 6.2 　 10 - seve Papua New Guinea:Ulawun,Rabaul 6.2W
1984 3 27 2006U -4.65 145.81 28 6.6 　 0 11 some Papua New Guinea:Karkar 6.4W
1985 5 10 1535U -5.60 151.05 27 7.1 　 1 - some Papua New Guinea:Bialla,Piona(New Britain Is)7.2W
1985 7 3 436U -4.44 152.83 33 7.2 T 0 0 limi Papua New Guinea:New Ireland,New Britain Is. 7.2W
1986 6 24 311U -4.45 143.94 102 7.1 　 0 0 limi Papua New Guinea:Sepik region 7.2W
1987 2 8 1833U -6.09 147.69 55 7.4 T 3 0 cons Papua New Guinea:Umboi Island 7.3W
1987 10 16 2048U -6.27 149.06 48 7.4 T 0 0 limi Papua New Guinea:Kandrian,Rabaul 7.3W
1988 7 5 2032U -5.96 148.78 53 6.8 T 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 6.7W
1988 9 6 042U -6.06 146.23 0 4.3 　 74 - some Papua New Guinea:Kaiapit(landslide possibly the main cause)
1989 3 10 1414U -4.35 152.80 53 5.4 　 1 - insi Papua New Guinea:New Britain,Rabaul 5.8W
1990 12 30 1914U -5.10 150.97 179 6.6 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:Hoskins(New Britain) 7.4W
1992 5 15 705U -6.08 147.57 58 6.2 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:Lae 7.2W
1993 8 20 506U -6.00 142.74 15 6.0 　 0 5 limi Papua New Guinea:Tari 6.2W
1993 10 13 206U -5.89 146.02 25 7.0 　 60 sev mode Papua New Guinea:Upper Markham Valley 6.9W
1993 10 16 305U -5.90 146.20 27 6.4 　 3 - limi Papua New Guinea:Upper Markham Valleyaftershock 6.3W
1997 12 22 205U -5.50 147.87 179 6.3 　 0 0 limi Papua New Guinea 7.2W
1998 5 13 2302U -5.15 151.71 61 6.0 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 6.6W
1998 7 17 849U -2.96 141.93 10 7.1 T 2700 1000s seve Papua New Guinea:Sissano 7.0W
1999 4 1 2136U -4.36 152.71 33 6.1 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:New Ireland,Kamdaru area 6.2W
2000 11 16 454U -3.98 152.17 33 8.2 T 2 - some Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 8.0W
2000 11 16 742U -5.23 153.10 30 7.8 　 0 - limi Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.6W
2000 11 17 2101U -5.50 151.78 33 8.0 　 0 0 　 Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is. 7.8W
2001 10 31 910U -5.91 150.20 33 6.9 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:New Britain Is.,Kimbe 6.9W
2002 1 10 1114U -3.21 142.43 11 6.6 　 1 - limi Papua New Guinea:Aitape 6.7W
2002 4 1 614U -6.19 147.42 81 5.0 　 36 - limi Papua New Guinea:Morobe Prov.death by landslide
2002 9 8 1844U -3.30 142.95 13 7.8 T 4 70 some Papua New Guinea:Kairiru Is.,Muschu Is.,Wewak7.6W
2003 3 11 727U -4.69 153.24 40 6.8 　 0 0 insi Papua New Guinea:Gazelle Peninsula(I=7) 6.8W
2005 6 4 1450U -6.32 146.85 26 6.0 　 1 sev limi Papua New Guinea:Lae area 6.1W
2005 9 9 726 -4.54 153.47 90 6.3 　 0 0 　 Papua New Guinea:New Ireland 7.6W

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