- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 19, 2014 CE
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea, Solomon Sea
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 43 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2014 CE
- China, Yunnan: Ludian: Longtoushan, Zhaotong · Mw 6.2 · 615 deaths
- Peru, Paruro Province · Mb 4.9 · 8 deaths
- Chile, Northern: Iquique, Alto Hospicio · Mw 8.2 · 7 deaths
- Algeria, Algiers · Mw 5.5 · 6 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Garze · Mw 5.9 · 5 deaths
- Mexico / Guatemala, San Marcos · Mw 6.9 · 4 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 2014 CE Earthquake — Papua New Guinea, Solomon Sea happen?
- April 19, 2014 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.