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