Significant Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Papua New Guinea, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Papua New Guinea with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 107
- Deaths counted
- 2,618
- Earliest
- 1768
The deadliest
- July 17, 1998, Sissano, Papua New Guinea
- May 28, 1937, Keravia, Rabaul, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- February 25, 2018, S Highlands, Hela, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
- September 6, 1988, Kaiapit (Landslide Generated), Papua New Guinea
- October 13, 1993, Upper Markham Valley, Eastern, Papua New Guinea
- April 1, 2002, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- December 23, 1930, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- March 6, 2018, S Highlands, Hela, Papua New Guinea
- September 10, 2022, Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- October 31, 1970, Madang, Papua New Guinea
- March 4, 2018, S Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- December 22, 1983, Ulawun, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- April 2, 2023, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
- January 30, 1939, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- March 23, 2024, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- March 23, 2024, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
- October 7, 2023, Madang, Papua New Guinea
- April 2, 2023, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
- September 10, 2022, Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- July 17, 2020, Morobe, Oro, Papua New Guinea
- May 14, 2019, Rabaul, Duke of York Is, Papua New Guinea
- May 6, 2019, Wampar, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- April 7, 2018, Hela, Papua New Guinea
- March 6, 2018, S Highlands, Hela, Papua New Guinea
- March 4, 2018, S Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- February 28, 2018, S Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- February 25, 2018, S Highlands, Hela, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
- July 13, 2017, Papua New Guinea
- January 22, 2017, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- December 17, 2016, New Britain New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- May 5, 2015, Papua New Guinea
- March 29, 2015, Papua New Guinea
- April 19, 2014, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- April 11, 2014, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- July 18, 2010, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- June 23, 2009, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- September 9, 2005, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- September 8, 2002, Kairiru Is, Muschu Is, Wewak, Papua New Guinea
- April 1, 2002, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- January 10, 2002, Aitape, Papua New Guinea
- November 17, 2000, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- November 16, 2000, New Ireland, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- November 16, 2000, New Ireland, Duke of York, Papua New Guinea
- July 17, 1998, Sissano, Papua New Guinea
- August 16, 1995, Rabaul, Kokopo, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- September 17, 1994, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- October 13, 1993, Upper Markham Valley, Eastern, Papua New Guinea
- December 30, 1990, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- March 10, 1989, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- September 6, 1988, Kaiapit (Landslide Generated), Papua New Guinea
- July 5, 1988, Kandrian, Arawe, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- October 16, 1987, Kandrian, Kimbte, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- October 12, 1987, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- February 8, 1987, Huon Peninsula, Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea
- June 24, 1986, Papua New Guinea
- July 3, 1985, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- May 10, 1985, Bialla, Piona, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- March 27, 1984, Karkar, Papua New Guinea
- December 22, 1983, Ulawun, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- March 18, 1983, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- June 25, 1979, E, MT Hagen, Papua New Guinea
- August 28, 1977, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
- July 20, 1975, Buin, Boku, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- July 20, 1975, Bougainville, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- September 25, 1971, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- July 26, 1971, Bismarck Sea Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- July 14, 1971, Bougainville, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- October 31, 1970, Madang, Papua New Guinea
- August 2, 1969, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- October 23, 1968, N Coast, Wewak, Dagua, Papua New Guinea
- February 12, 1968, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- August 13, 1967, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- November 17, 1964, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- June 11, 1960, W. Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- October 10, 1955, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- April 23, 1953, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- February 22, 1951, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- February 17, 1951, Papua New Guinea
- October 19, 1949, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- May 6, 1947, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- September 29, 1946, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- December 28, 1945, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- May 25, 1944, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- January 13, 1941, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- January 30, 1939, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- May 12, 1938, Papua New Guinea
- March 6, 1938, Papua New Guinea
- May 28, 1937, Keravia, Rabaul, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- September 20, 1935, N-Central, Papua New Guinea
- December 12, 1934, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- December 12, 1933, Papua New Guinea
- August 7, 1931, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- December 23, 1930, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- September 30, 1930, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- November 4, 1923, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- November 2, 1923, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- January 19, 1922, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- February 2, 1920, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- May 6, 1919, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- July 3, 1918, N Coast, Papua New Guinea
- July 29, 1917, Papua New Guinea
- August 3, 1916, N Coast, Papua New Guinea
- January 1, 1916, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- October 11, 1913, Papua New Guinea
- May 30, 1913, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- May 8, 1911, Matupit Island, Papua New Guinea
- February 25, 1910, Matupi Harbor, Papua New Guinea
- December 15, 1907, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- May 4, 1907, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- October 2, 1906, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- September 14, 1906, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- May 18, 1905, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- January 24, 1902, Papua New Guinea
- September 17, 1900, Rabaul Harbor, Papua New Guinea
- September 10, 1900, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- October 19, 1899, Bismrack Sea, Papua New Guinea
- January 15, 1899, East Coast, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- February 4, 1878, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- 1875, Maclay Coast, Papua New Guinea
- 1873, Maclay Coast, Papua New Guinea
- April 17, 1857, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- June 22, 1768, New Ireland, 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 2026-09-24.