M 7.5 earthquake near Solomon Sea (Papua New Guinea) — 1972-08-17

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake near Solomon Sea (220 km SE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea), depth 14 km, 09:44 Local (1972-08-17 23:44 UTC). Shaking felt by ~4.2M people. Readings from every reporting agency, affected towns, aftershock sequence.

Solomon Sea (220 km SE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea) — -6.033, 152.911

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