May 25, 1944 Earthquake: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck New Ireland, Papua New Guinea on May 25, 1944 at 12:58:00 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 25, 1944
- Time
- 12:58:00 UTC
- Place
- New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Focal depth
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 2.500° S, 152.800° E
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- 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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #88 Duda, Seweryn J. (1965). Secular seismic energy release in the circum-Pacific belt. Tectonophysics, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 409-452. DOI:10.1016/0040-1951(65)90035-1
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3779. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem899390, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.