M 5.5 earthquake near Solomon Sea (Papua New Guinea) — 1970-10-18

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Solomon Sea (97 km S of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea), depth 72 km, 06:32 Local (1970-10-18 20:32 UTC). Shaking felt by ~409K people. Readings from every reporting agency, affected towns, aftershock sequence.

Solomon Sea (97 km S of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea) — -5.074, 152.169