- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 6, 1919 CE
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Magnitude:
- 8.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 8.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 8.15
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.38
Other earthquake records of 1919 CE
- Philippines, Nw Panay, Sw Tablas, Carabao I
- Tonga Islands · Mw 8.1
- Japan, Off East Coast Honshu · M 7.6
- Italy, N · Ms 6.2
- Fiji Islands, Rabi, Tunuloa Mission, Suvasavu · Ms 6.9
- Fiji Islands · Mw 7.8
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1919 CE Earthquake — Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands happen?
- May 6, 1919 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.