What the records say
- When
- 16 Nov 2000
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- 4.00° S, 152.33° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Depth km
- 17
2000 New Ireland earthquakes
Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
Three powerful earthquakes struck the islands of New Britain and New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, on 16–17 November 2000, starting with a Mw 8.0–8.2 strike-slip event that occurred on November 16 at 04:54:56 UTC. A Mw 7.3–7.8 thrust earthquake followed at 07:42:16 UTC with its epicenter 170 km (110 mi) southeast of the first event at the southern end of its rupture zone south of New Ireland.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page