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Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Friday, 20 March 2015

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Friday, 20 March 2015

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Friday, 20 March 2015
Mar 20 17:10: Magnitude recalculated from 5.8 to 5.6.
Date & time: Fri, 20 Mar 15:42:51 UTC
Magnitude: 5.6
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.73°S / 154.76°E
Nearest volcano: Tore (139 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience with us and submit a short "I felt it" report.
You can use your GPS or device location as well to show where you were during the earthquake. - thank you.

Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Fri, 20 Mar
Fri, 20 Mar 15:42 UTCM 5.6 / 60 km BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Mar 15:42 UTCM 5.5 / 25.7 km177km NNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Fri, 20 Mar 15:42 UTCM 5.8 / 45 kmSolomon Islands[Map]GeoAu

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"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Mon, 23 Mar
Mon, 23 Mar 19:40 UTCM 4.8 / 122 km - [info] (36 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Mon, 30 Mar (11 earthquakes)
Mon, 30 Mar 00:43 UTCM 5.0 / 35 km - [info] (117 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 30 Mar 01:51 UTCM 4.7 / 35 km - [info] (118 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 30 Mar 02:23 UTCM 4.7 / 35 km - [info] (138 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 30 Mar 04:38 UTCM 4.7 / 43 km - [info] (138 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 30 Mar 06:19 UTCM 5.0 / 30 km - [info] (138 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Mon, 30 Mar 06:58 UTCM 4.8 / 35 km - [info] (150 km)95km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea
[Map]		USGS
Mon, 30 Mar 07:13 UTCM 4.9 / 30 km - [info] (153 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Mon, 30 Mar 07:24 UTCM 4.9 / 22 km - [info] (155 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Mon, 30 Mar 11:43 UTCM 5.1 / 24 km - [info] (133 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Mon, 30 Mar 14:40 UTCM 4.2 / 41 km - [info] (167 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 30 Mar 14:52 UTCM 4.9 / 84 km - [info] (126 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Tue, 31 Mar
Tue, 31 Mar 16:50 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (153 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Wed, 1 Apr
Wed, 1 Apr 06:01 UTCM 4.6 / 14 km - [info] (172 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Thu, 2 Apr
Thu, 2 Apr 09:19 UTCM 4.7 / 32 km - [info] (147 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Fri, 3 Apr
Fri, 3 Apr 00:24 UTCM 5.3 / 10 km - [info] (173 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Fri, 3 Apr 00:24 UTCM 5.1 / 30 km - [info] (175 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Fri, 3 Apr 09:11 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (106 km)Solomon Islands
[Map]		GFZ
Fri, 3 Apr 10:47 UTCM 4.8 / 40 km - [info] (166 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Fri, 3 Apr 19:22 UTCM 5.1 / 62 km - [info] (124 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 4 Apr
Sat, 4 Apr 04:08 UTCM 5.2 / 40 km - [info] (150 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Sat, 4 Apr 12:11 UTCM 4.7 / 35 km - [info] (158 km)111km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea
[Map]		USGS
Sun, 5 Apr
Sun, 5 Apr 08:35 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (157 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Fri, 10 Apr
Fri, 10 Apr 08:24 UTCM 5.1 / 30 km - [info] (179 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 13 Apr
Mon, 13 Apr 13:37 UTCM 5.2 / 72 km - [info] (99 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Tue, 14 Apr
Tue, 14 Apr 10:55 UTCM 4.9 / 41 km - [info] (165 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Tue, 5 May
Tue, 5 May 02:06 UTCM 5.4 / 35 km - [info] (130 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Tue, 5 May 02:33 UTCM 4.4 / 35 km - [info] (173 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Tue, 5 May 21:19 UTCM 4.8 / 20 km - [info] (190 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Wed, 6 May
Wed, 6 May 01:52 UTCM 4.6 / 30 km - [info] (129 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 May
Tue, 12 May 18:01 UTCM 4.5 / 53.5 km - [info] (221 km)245km N of Kieta, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Tue, 26 May
Tue, 26 May 07:40 UTCM 5.0 / 81 km - [info] (31 km)New Ireland Region, PNG[Map]GeoAu
Sat, 6 Jun
Sat, 6 Jun 22:26 UTCM 4.8 / 30 km - [info] (151 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 27 Jun
Sat, 27 Jun 12:24 UTCM 5.0 / 62 km - [info] (116 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sat, 27 Jun 15:00 UTCM 4.7 / 30.2 km - [info] (143 km)- 97km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Sat, 27 Jun 16:21 UTCM 5.0 / 54 km - [info] (148 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 4 Jul
Sat, 4 Jul 01:33 UTCM 4.5 / 94.6 km - [info] (59 km)- 66km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Tue, 7 Jul
Tue, 7 Jul 00:43 UTCM 4.7 / 111 km - [info] (87 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Thu, 9 Jul
Thu, 9 Jul 10:07 UTCM 5.1 / 110 km - [info] (49 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sat, 11 Jul
Sat, 11 Jul 01:53 UTCM 5.3 / 67 km - [info] (108 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sat, 11 Jul 03:03 UTCM 4.9 / 40.1 km - [info] (112 km)- 93km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Sun, 19 Jul
Sun, 19 Jul 05:48 UTCM 4.7 / 47.8 km - [info] (114 km)- 55km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Sat, 1 Aug
Sat, 1 Aug 16:05 UTCM 4.5 / 29 km - [info] (146 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Thu, 13 Aug
Thu, 13 Aug 14:04 UTCM 5.6 / 143 km - [info] (66 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Thu, 20 Aug
Thu, 20 Aug 12:17 UTCM 4.6 / 30 km - [info] (161 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Mon, 12 Oct
Mon, 12 Oct 22:10 UTCM 4.9 / 30 km - [info] (150 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Oct
Sat, 17 Oct 20:44 UTCM 5.2 / 43 km - [info] (128 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sat, 17 Oct 21:21 UTCM 4.5 / 51 km - [info] (123 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Oct
Sun, 18 Oct 18:32 UTCM 4.8 / 41 km - [info] (125 km)New Britain Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Sun, 8 Nov
Sun, 8 Nov 13:01 UTCM 4.8 / 100 km - [info] (63 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC

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