- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 28, 1945 CE
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea, New Britain
- Magnitude:
- 7.8
- Depth:
- 60 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.92
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.46
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.28
Other earthquake records of 1945 CE
- Japan, Honshu: S · Ms 7.1 · 2,306 deaths
- Turkey, Aelana, Ceyhan, Adana · Mw 6.1 · 300 deaths
- Turkey, Van, Bolgesi · 300 deaths
- Pakistan, Makran Coast · Mw 8 · 300 deaths
- Iran, Garmsar, Kerand, Bankuh · 20 deaths
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 6.3 · 17 deaths
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 1945 CE Earthquake — Papua New Guinea, New Britain happen?
- December 28, 1945 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.