Very strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Solomon Sea, 60 km southwest of Torokina Islet Island, Papua New Guinea, on Monday, 8 February 2016 at 16:19 (GMT) - 1 user experience report / VolcanoDiscovery

Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Monday, 8 February 2016

Very strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Solomon Sea, 60 km southwest of Torokina Islet Island, Papua New Guinea, on Monday, 8 February 2016 at 16:19 (GMT)

Very strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 42 km depth

8 Feb 16:27 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Feb 8 16:31: Magnitude recalculated from 6.5 to 6.4.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 55.0 km.
Feb 8 16:36: Magnitude recalculated from 6.4 to 6.6.
Feb 8 16:40: Magnitude recalculated from 6.6 to 6.5.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 55.0 to 54.0 km.
Feb 8 16:44: Magnitude recalculated from 6.5 to 6.4.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 54.0 to 42.0 km.

Date & time: 8 Feb 2016 16:19:14 UTC
Magnitude: 6.4
Depth: 42.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.64°S / 154.66°E

(Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea)
Nearest volcano: Bagana (89 km / 55 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
98 km (61 mi) WSW of Panguna (pop: 2,920) --> See nearby quakes!
110 km (68 mi) WSW of Arawa (pop: 40,300) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (71 mi) W of Buin (pop: 750) --> See nearby quakes!
291 km (181 mi) WNW of Gizo (New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands) (pop: 6,150) --> See nearby quakes!
368 km (229 mi) SE of Kokopo (pop: 26,300) --> See nearby quakes!
387 km (241 mi) SE of Rabaul (pop: 8,070) --> See nearby quakes!
623 km (387 mi) NE of Samarai (pop: 1,640) --> See nearby quakes!
885 km (550 mi) ENE of Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 10¹⁴ joules (69.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 60036 tons of TNT or 3.8 atomic bombs!) More info

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.4	42 km	Solomon Islands	GFZ
6.5	40 km	BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.	EMSC
6.4	32 km	- 92km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	USGS
6.6	20 km	Bougainville - Solomon Islands region [Sea: Papua New Guinea]	INGV
6.4	44 km	Bougainville Island Region	GeoAu

(shakemap: USGS)

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (9 quakes):

28 Jul 2016 19:01 UTC
| M 4.8 |
69 km (42.9 mi) depth
|
60 km (37 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details
24 Jul 2016 22:10 UTC
| M 4.8 |
87 km (54.1 mi) depth
|
91 km (57 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
21 Jul 2016 05:45 UTC
| M 5.2 |
55 km (34.2 mi) depth
|
94 km (59 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
13 Jul 2016 14:01 UTC
| M 4.9 |
155 km (96.3 mi) depth
|
30 km (19 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
16 May 2016 23:04 UTC
| M 4.7 |
80 km (49.7 mi) depth
|
40 km (25 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details
15 May 2016 18:04 UTC
| M 4.9 |
54 km (33.6 mi) depth
|
65 km (40 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
07 May 2016 02:46 UTC
| M 4.9 |
10 km (6.2 mi) depth
|
59 km (36 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
28 Apr 2016 01:17 UTC
| M 5.4 |
150 km (93.2 mi) depth
|
68 km (42 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
30 Mar 2016 06:01 UTC
| M 5.2 |
114 km (70.8 mi) depth
|
42 km (26 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details

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