M 8.0 earthquake – 1906 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
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Local time: Sep 15, 1906 · 02:04 (UTC+10)
GreatShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 8.0moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -6.252, 147.21658 km from Lae
- Energy released
- 15 megatons of TNTabout 1,005 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.2max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 286 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 985USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Great earthquake. It released 15 megatons of TNT, 31,623 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 286 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Papua New Guinea.
- 7.6 38 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Oct 2, 1906
- 7.6 70 km E of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea Sep 10, 2022
- 7.6 48 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea May 12, 1938
- 7.5 49 km WSW of Wau, Papua New Guinea Feb 26, 1963
- 7.4 92 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea May 6, 1947
- 7.4 63 km W of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea Apr 5, 1999
- 7.4 54 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea Oct 16, 1987
- 7.4 54 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Feb 8, 1987