M 8.0 earthquake – 60 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
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Local time: Jan 1, 1916 · 23:20 (UTC+10)
GreatShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 8.0moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -4.756, 152.62661 km from Kokopo
- Energy released
- 15 megatons of TNTabout 1,005 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.1max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 286 km
- Significance
- 975USGS 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.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Papua New Guinea.
- 8.1 1919 Papua New Guinea Earthquake May 6, 1919
- 8.1 1971 Bougainville Earthquake Jul 26, 1971
- 8.0 2000 New Ireland Earthquake Nov 16, 2000
- 8.0 1971 New Britain Earthquake Jul 14, 1971
- 7.9 140 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Dec 17, 2016
- 7.8 74 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Feb 2, 1920
- 7.8 138 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Nov 17, 2000
- 7.8 135 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Nov 16, 2000