2000 New Ireland earthquakes
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2000 New Ireland earthquakes
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The 2000 New Ireland earthquakes occurred off the coast of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea on November 16 and 17. The mainshock was a magnitude 8.0 Mw strike-slip event that occurred on November 16 at 04:54 UTC, and ruptured a section of the transform boundary between the north and south Bismarck plates. A 7.8 magnitude thrust earthquake followed at 07:42 UTC with its epicenter 175 km (109 mi) south of the first earthquake at the southern end of its rupture zone at 5.496°S 151.781°E. Anot
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Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
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2023-11-28T17:04:08Z
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