Earthquake Information

August 4, 2010 (22:01:43 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.0 New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea

This magnitude 7.0 New Britain, Papua New Guinea earthquake occurred in the complex zone where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath Papua New Guinea at the northern fringe of the India-Australia Plate.

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