- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 1, 1916 CE
- Location:
- 60 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 7.96 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7.085
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.96
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.9
Other earthquake records of 1916 CE
- Taiwan · Ms 6.5 · 180 deaths
- Italy, Rimini · Mw 6 · 4 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 6 · 1 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya · Ms 8.1
- Japan, Duda · Ms 8
- Turkey · Mw 7
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 8.0 - 60 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (1916 CE) happen?
- January 1, 1916 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.