November 6, 1943 Earthquake: Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia

Name: November 6, 1943 Earthquake: Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia
Start: 1943-11-06
Location: Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia

November 6, 1943 · M7.6

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia on November 6, 1943 at 08:31:37 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: November 6, 1943
Time: 08:31:37 UTC
Place: Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia
Magnitude: 7.6 (Ms)
Focal depth: 60 km (37 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 6.000° S, 134.500° E
Country: Indonesia
Region: Central and South Pacific
USGS record: The USGS’s page for this earthquake

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

1943, November 6, 08:31:37 UTC. 6 S, 134.5 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.6 MS. (reference #88)

1943, November 6, 08:31:37 UTC. 6 S, 134.5 E, magnitude 7.6 MS. (reference #130)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#1002 Lomnitz, Cinna (1974). Development in Geotectonics #5, Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974.

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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3762. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem900076, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.