A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit near the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬. No damage reported and everyone was reported safe.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/png-earthquake-hits-off-coast/105141428
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Un séisme de magnitude 6,9 a frappé près de l’île de Nouvelle-Bretagne en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée 🇵🇬. Aucun dommage n’a été signalé et tout le monde est sain et sauf.
#Earthquake #Séisme #PapuaNewGuinea #PapouasieNouvelleGuinée #NewBritain #NouvelleBretagne
#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M 6.3 #Earthquake in #NewBritain #PapuaNewGuinea
reverse/thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism
possibly (?) on megathrust subduction zone fault
learn more: https://earthjay.com/?p=5142
We just had an earthquake with a USGS magnitude of M 6.5 along the subduction zone formed by the convergence of the Solomon Sea plate on the south and the South Bismarck plate on the north. Here is the USGS website for this M 6.5 (NOW m 6.3) earthquake. Below is my interpretive poster for
#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2016 M6.4 #Earthquake offshore of #NewBritain #PapuaNewGunea
intermediate depth normal (extensional) earthquake within (intraslab) the Solomon Sea plate
read more:
https://earthjay.com/?p=4346
There was a moderately deep earthquake in the South Bismarck Sea last night. Here is the USGS website for this earthquake. This earthquake has an exentional earthquake. Here, the Solomon Sea plate subducts northward beneath the South Bismarck plate to form the New Britain trench (a subduction zone). There is a tear in the downgoing
#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2018 M7.0 #Earthquake in #NewBritain #PapuaNewGuinea
reverse (compressional) earthquake mechanism
learn more here:
https://earthjay.com/?p=7839
Just a few hours ago there was a subduction zone megathrust earthquake along the New Britain Trench in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean. In this region of the world, the Solomon Sea plate and the South Bismarck plate converge to form a subduction zone, where the Solomon Sea plate is the oceanic crust diving beneath