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A USGS map of the seismic fault lines of the West Pacific nations of New Guinea, and Indonesia
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2009 M7.4
Pacific Ocean
North FijiBasin
PACIFIC PLATE
88 mm/yr
76 mm/yr
110 mm/yr
103 mm/yr
98 mm/yr
106 mm/yr
90 mm/yr
82 mm/yr
Mindanao
Halmahera
Maluku
Borneo
Irian Jaya
Sulawesi (Celebes)
Lesser Sunda IslandsJava
Sumba
Loyalty Islands
Santa Cruz Islands
Celebes Sea
Banda Sea
Timor Sea
Arafua Sea
Coral Sea
Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Celebes Basin
Coral Sea Basin
Melanesian BasinWest Caroline Basin
1938 M8.5
1977 M8.3
160°E
160°E
140°E
140°E
120°E
120°E
0° 0°
10°S 10°S
20°S 20°S
MAP EXPLANATIONEarthquakes M6.5+ 1900-2012 Magnitude!( 6.5 - 7.0!( 7.0 - 7.5
!(((( 7.5 +!> Nucleation Points (M8.3+)
Slab ContoursDepth
0 - 120 (20 km intervals)160 - 360 (40 km intervals)400 - 560 (40 km intervals)600 + (40 km intervals)Aftershock Zones
# SubductionTransformDivergentOthers
0 500 1,000250 Kilometers
Sunda Plate
Pacific Plate
Australia Plate
North New Hebrides Trench
New Guinea Trench
New Britain Trench
Timor Trough
Seram Trench
Philippine Trench
Australia
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia