- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 10, 1955 CE
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea
- Magnitude:
- 7.3 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 7.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.13
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.31
Other earthquake records of 1955 CE
- Philippines, Mindanao: Lanao, Ozamiz, Cotabato · Mw 7.4 · 465 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 7.5 · 39 deaths
- Turkey, Soke, Aydin, Greece: Samos · Mw 6.6 · 23 deaths
- Egypt, Nile Delta · Ms 6.3 · 22 deaths
- Pakistan, Quetta · 12 deaths
- Costa Rica · M 5.8 · 10 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 1955 CE Earthquake — Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea happen?
- October 10, 1955 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.