2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake

The rupture occurred at intermediate depth beneath Bougainville Island, with the epicentre placed 35 to 40 km west of the town of Panguna. Fifteen children were injured by falling trees and rocks, and two men were slightly injured by a landslide at Panguna. Five people were killed and eighteen injured in total.

Origin time (UTC)

2017-01-22T04:30

Magnitude

7.9

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

135

Deaths, as sources state them

5

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007uph

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: papua new guinea, bougainville, panguna, landslide

Coordinates: -6.2464, 155.1718

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

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