Earthquake — Papua New Guinea: Morobe, Eastern Highlands

When

10 Sep 2022

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.6

Where

Papua New Guinea

Coordinates

6.29° S, 146.50° E

Deaths

21

Injuries

30

Damage musd

15

Houses destroyed

1076

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

116

Natural disaster in Papua New Guinea

On 11 September 2022, an earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6–7.7 struck Papua New Guinea, in the northern part of Morobe Province. The normal faulting earthquake occurred with a hypocenter depth of 116.0 km (72.1 mi) beneath the Finisterre Range. A maximum perceived Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) was estimated. Shaking was widely felt across the country and even in neighbouring Indonesia.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake: At least eight people are killed and 24 others are injured after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Morobe Province”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 7,7 sacude Papúa Nueva Guinea dejando un saldo de 21 muertos y 42 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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