Major magnitude 7.2 earthquake - 152 km west of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, on Friday, January 29, 1932 at 13:41 GMT

Major magnitude 7.2 earthquake at 15 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 29, 1932 13:41:16 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	7.2
Depth	15.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	6.647°S / 154.255°E (Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea)
Antipode	6.647°N / 25.745°W
Shaking intensity	Very strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Balbi (114 km / 71 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	141 km (87 mi) WSW of Panguna (pop: 2,920) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 152 km (95 mi) WSW of Arawa (pop: 40,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 159 km (99 mi) W of Buin (pop: 750) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 328 km (204 mi) WNW of Gizo (New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands) (pop: 6,150) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 338 km (210 mi) SE of Kokopo (pop: 26,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 357 km (222 mi) SE of Rabaul (pop: 8,070) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 843 km (524 mi) ENE of Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	4 x 10¹⁵ joules (1106 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9.5 x 10⁵ tons of TNT or 59.5 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
7.2	15 km	Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea	USGS

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