September 29, 1946 Earthquake: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck New Ireland, Papua New Guinea on September 29, 1946 at 03:01:00 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
- September 29, 1946
- Time
- 03:01:00 UTC
- Place
- New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Focal depth
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 4.500° S, 153.500° 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.
- May 28, 1937, Keravia, Rabaul, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- January 13, 1941, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- July 14, 1971, Bougainville, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- November 16, 2000, New Ireland, Duke of York, Papua New Guinea
- March 10, 1989, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- February 4, 1878, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- December 17, 2016, New Britain New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- September 9, 2005, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- March 18, 1983, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- November 4, 1923, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- July 13, 2017, Papua New Guinea
- May 6, 1919, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- July 26, 1971, Bismarck Sea Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- April 23, 1953, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- July 3, 1985, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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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 3834. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem898610, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.