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New Guinea/Solomon Is

SOME MAJOR EARTHQUAKES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA / IRIAN JAYA/SOLOMON IS

DATE

LAT

LONG

MAG

REGION

REMARKS

31 Oct 19704.926S145.4677.0Madang17:53 GMT extensive damage
20 Jul 19756.59S155.0547.9Bougainville14:37 GMT generated local tsunami
25 Jun19764.6S140.17.1Irian Jaya5000- 9000 killed
09 Mar 19799.56S147.966.2PNG01:26 GMT
16 Oct 19876.266S149.0607.4West New Britian20:48 GMT extensive landslides
17 Feb 19960.94S136.958.1Irian Jaya107 killed, 5 - 7 m tsunami
17 Jul 19982.96S141.9E7.0Northern PNG2185 killed, almost all by 10 m tsunami
05 Apr 19995.591S149.5687.4West New Britain11:08 GMT 110 km NE of Kandrian
16 Nov 20003.97S152.18E8.2New Ireland3 killed, extensive damage, 3 m tsunami. Mag 7.8 event 3 hours later
17 Nov 20005.52S151.80E8.0New Britainno damage reports?
09 Sep 20023.30S142.95E7.6Northern PNG4 killed, 1.5 m tsunami
10 Oct 20021.75S134.26E7.6Irian Jaya8 killed, 3+ m tsunami
09 Sep 20054.54S153.747.7New Irelandno reported damage
17 Oct 20066.7West New Britain11:25 am LT no damage reported
01 Apr 20078.48S156.98E8.1Solomon Isat 25 killed in tsunami

Map of well -located earthquakes in PNG

Map by the Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory

SEISMICITY OF PNG - Solomon Is Region, Jan 2002 - Dec 2005 ( Mag 6 & above)

pale pink - mag 6.0 - 6.9

dark pink - Mag 7.0 and above

Epicentral data from CNSS catalogue, Bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia.

NEW GUINEA

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred off the island of New Ireland on 09 Sept 2005

event location  - 4.54 degrees south, 153.45 degrees east, depth 91 km

Below - map of earthquakes in New Guinea region for 12 months to 18 Sep 2005 - map from IRIS website

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TECTONICS

Below - Tectonic map from Pegler et al, JGI, (1995,) after Cooper & Taylor, (1987)

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Below - Topographic and bathymetric data, from National Geophysical Data Center website

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Earthquakes in New Guinea region Jan 1990 - Jan1995, and less than 100 km depth - map from IRIS website

Earthquakes in New Ireland region since 1990, mag 4.5 and above, and less than 100 km depth - map from IRIS website
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