2016 New Ireland earthquake

The rupture occurred east of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea at intermediate depth, with the epicentre placed about 133 km east of Kokopo. The depth reported at the time, 103 km, is deeper than the catalogue figure.

Origin time (UTC)

2016-12-17T10:51

Magnitude

7.9

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

94.54

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us200081v8

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: papua new guinea, new ireland, kokopo, intermediate depth

Coordinates: -4.5049, 153.5216

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands since 1990

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