What the records say
- When
- 16 Nov 2000
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 4.00° S, 152.33° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Max water height m
- 3
- Source quake magnitude
- 8
- Runups
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
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