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Papua New Guinea · Earthquake archives December 2014

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events49

Largest magnitudeM 6.6

M6+1

M7+0

Average depth49.3 km

Strongest events

Magnitude	Location	Depth	Time
M 6.6	115 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	23.0 km	2014-12-07 01:22:02 UTC	View event →
M 5.8	42 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea	123.0 km	2014-12-31 01:37:33 UTC	View event →
M 5.6	136 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 03:30:01 UTC	View event →
M 5.4	121 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	7.0 km	2014-12-09 02:33:32 UTC	View event →
M 5.4	130 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 17:55:28 UTC	View event →
M 5.3	139 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	74.7 km	2014-12-17 09:46:58 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	122 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 08:18:07 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	63 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	35.0 km	2014-12-23 21:19:51 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	121 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	69.5 km	2014-12-22 22:39:39 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	123 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	57.5 km	2014-12-22 22:38:57 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	125 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	59.5 km	2014-12-22 22:35:48 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	118 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-17 13:05:18 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	52 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	118.5 km	2014-12-15 01:18:48 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	126 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-09 02:01:27 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	135 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-09 04:06:16 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	101 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-08 13:15:04 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	107 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 14:19:29 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	140 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 02:24:32 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	120 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 01:40:04 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	63 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-04 02:19:06 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	135 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	54.4 km	2014-12-31 14:20:25 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	46 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	35.0 km	2014-12-26 16:38:24 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	119 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-10 22:10:33 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	138 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 04:44:39 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	115 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	62.9 km	2014-12-22 22:48:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	127 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	21.3 km	2014-12-11 15:46:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	115 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	49.3 km	2014-12-09 18:00:55 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea	189.9 km	2014-12-09 17:01:49 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	116 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-11 03:49:06 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	149 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	35.0 km	2014-12-10 09:04:57 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	131 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-10 06:54:53 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	113 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 15:04:23 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	133 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 07:37:43 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	84 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 02:11:23 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	114 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 01:50:56 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	133 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea	226.4 km	2014-12-02 18:33:39 UTC	View event →
M 4.6	130 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea	225.0 km	2014-12-30 12:38:57 UTC	View event →
M 4.6	52 km NW of Lae, Papua New Guinea	104.3 km	2014-12-17 03:09:47 UTC	View event →
M 4.6	185 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea	171.5 km	2014-12-11 20:49:23 UTC	View event →
M 4.6	113 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	96.8 km	2014-12-09 14:16:01 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	111 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	116.5 km	2014-12-28 03:46:35 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	32 km SW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea	59.1 km	2014-12-24 02:47:38 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	117 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea	94.6 km	2014-12-23 20:51:07 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	43 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	65.8 km	2014-12-11 06:05:14 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	134 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 08:34:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	98 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 06:15:52 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	97 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 06:15:03 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	108 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 05:18:19 UTC	View event →
M 4.5	141 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	10.0 km	2014-12-07 01:43:54 UTC	View event →

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