Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Kimbe
Kimbe, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea · population 18,847. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days24M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year198M2.5+
Since 19006,497M4.5+, 381 of them M6+
How often M6+0.3 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Kimbe. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 8.0 2000 New Ireland Earthquake Nov 16, 2000
- 8.0 60 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Jan 1, 1916
- 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
- 7.6 38 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Oct 2, 1906
- 7.6 48 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea May 12, 1938
- 7.5 131 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea May 5, 2015
- 7.5 53 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Mar 29, 2015
- 7.5 104 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea Dec 30, 1990
- 7.5 32 km SSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea Dec 28, 1945
The latest nearby
- 5.1 97 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Oct 30, 2026
- 4.4 19 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Oct 23, 2026
- 5.0 153 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 22, 2026
- 4.8 86 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 22, 2026
- 4.5 111 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 20, 2026
- 4.9 29 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 19, 2026
- 4.2 128 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 19, 2026
- 5.1 127 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 18, 2026
- 4.7 152 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 18, 2026
- 4.3 144 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 17, 2026
- 4.9 121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 14, 2026
- 4.7 128 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 14, 2026
- 4.6 126 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 13, 2026
- 4.5 129 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 13, 2026
- 6.0 128 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 13, 2026