Major magnitude 7.8 earthquake - 170 km east of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday, May 6, 1919 at 19:41 GMT

Major magnitude 7.8 earthquake at 35 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 6, 1919 19:41:14 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	7.8
Depth	35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	4.852°S / 153.714°E (South Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea)
Antipode	4.852°N / 26.286°W
Shaking intensity	Very strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Ambitle (86 km / 53 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	170 km (106 mi) ESE of Kokopo (pop: 26,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) ESE of Rabaul (pop: 8,070) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 255 km (158 mi) NW of Panguna (pop: 2,920) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 256 km (159 mi) NW of Arawa (pop: 40,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 304 km (189 mi) NW of Buin (pop: 750) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 404 km (251 mi) E of Kimbe (Talasea District) (pop: 18,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 411 km (256 mi) SE of Kavieng (pop: 14,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 500 km (311 mi) NW of Gizo (New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands) (pop: 6,150) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 888 km (552 mi) NE of Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.2 x 10¹⁶ joules (8784 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7.6 x 10⁶ tons of TNT or 472.4 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
7.8	35 km	New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea	USGS

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