M 6.8 earthquake near Solomon Sea (Papua New Guinea) — 1973-01-18

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake near Solomon Sea (147 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea), depth 43 km, 19:28 Local (1973-01-18 09:28 UTC). Shaking felt by ~4.2M people. Readings from every reporting agency, affected towns, aftershock sequence.

Solomon Sea (147 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea) — -6.868, 149.993