June 23, 2009 Earthquake: Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea on June 23, 2009 at 14:19:22 UTC, 64 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
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
- June 23, 2009
- Time
- 14:19:22 UTC
- Place
- Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 64 km (40 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 5.157° S, 153.782° E
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
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.
Reference #13456:
Felt (V) at Kokopo, New Britain. Also felt at Arawa, Bougainville.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 14, 1971, Bougainville, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- January 22, 2017, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- March 10, 1989, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- February 4, 1878, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- May 30, 1913, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- March 18, 1983, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- May 6, 1919, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- October 19, 1949, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- July 26, 1971, Bismarck Sea Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- February 12, 1968, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- November 2, 1923, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- November 16, 2000, New Ireland, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- March 6, 1938, Papua New Guinea
- July 13, 2017, Papua New Guinea
- September 9, 2005, New Ireland, 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 10778.