May 4, 1907 Earthquake: New Britain, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea on May 4, 1907 at 06:51:00 UTC, 60 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- May 4, 1907
- Time
- 06:51:00 UTC
- Place
- New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Focal depth
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 7.500° S, 153.700° E
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 30, 1939, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- April 29, 1996, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands
- April 11, 2014, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- October 12, 1987, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- July 20, 1975, Buin, Boku, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- April 19, 2014, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- July 20, 1975, Bougainville, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- August 17, 1972, W. Solomon Sea
- August 16, 1995, Rabaul, Kokopo, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
More
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2808.