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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Saturday, 10 December 2016

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Saturday, 10 December 2016

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Saturday, 10 December 2016
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 192.0 to 191.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 191.0 to 189.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 189.0 to 191.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 191.0 to 189.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 189.0 to 191.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 191.0 to 193.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 193.0 to 192.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 192.0 to 191.0 km.
Dec 10 17:54: Magnitude recalculated from 5.8 to 6.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 191.0 to 151.0 km.
Date & time: Sat, 10 Dec 16:24:36 UTC
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 151.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.71°S / 154.37°E
Nearest volcano: Tore (67 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.
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 10 Dec
Sat, 10 Dec 16:24 UTCM 6.1 / 166 km BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 10 Dec 16:24 UTCM 6.1 / 157.1 km- 131km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Sat, 10 Dec 16:24 UTCM 6.1 / 174 kmSolomon Islands[Map]GeoAu
Sat, 10 Dec 16:24 UTCM 6.2 / 171.1 kmPapua New Guinea [Sea][Map]INGV

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
kokopo east new britain papua new guinea (279.4 km WNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking): It was a moderate shake, bed shaking for about a m7nute, felt like it was happening with a short radius (via app)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 17 Dec (24 earthquakes)
Sat, 17 Dec 11:27 UTCM 6.4 / 34 km - [info] (126 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 11:44 UTCM 4.9 / 35 km - [info] (66 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 12:01 UTCM 5.2 / 28 km - [info] (73 km)Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 12:13 UTCM 4.5 / 49 km - [info] (94 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 12:27 UTCM 5.2 / 54 km - [info] (83 km)Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 12:52 UTCM 5.7 / 10 km - [info] (142 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 12:58 UTCM 4.8 / 55 km - [info] (124 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 13:22 UTCM 5.6 / 40 km - [info]Balbi (94 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Banga Island (371.5 km S from epicenter) / MMI VI (Strong shaking): stayed calm..coz in 2007 there was a bigger shake than this....that experience taught me not to panic...so...called out to my kids and I went under the table...was not scared just calm so that I would think straight....merry christmas (via app)
Sat, 17 Dec 13:34 UTCM 4.8 / 78 km - [info] (84 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 13:40 UTCM 5.3 / 98 km - [info] (136 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 13:52 UTCM 4.7 / 70 km - [info] (97 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 13:55 UTCM 5.1 / 94 km - [info] (117 km)Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 14:50 UTCM 5.0 / 93 km - [info] (97 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 15:29 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info] (113 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 16:04 UTCM 4.6 / 96 km - [info] (103 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 16:13 UTCM 5.0 / 60 km - [info] (153 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 16:55 UTCM 4.6 / 122 km - [info] (52 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 17:16 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info] (117 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 17:46 UTCM 4.9 / 72 km - [info] (119 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 18:02 UTCM 5.0 / 51 km - [info] (146 km) NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 18:21 UTCM 5.0 / 88 km - [info] (92 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 18:54 UTCM 5.1 / 40 km - [info] (89 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 17 Dec 20:58 UTCM 4.7 / 62 km - [info] (128 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sat, 17 Dec 22:48 UTCM 4.5 / 119 km - [info] (83 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec (15 earthquakes)
Sun, 18 Dec 00:43 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (132 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sun, 18 Dec 01:07 UTCM 4.6 / 60 km - [info] (150 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 04:34 UTCM 4.6 / 55 km - [info] (165 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 06:39 UTCM 5.9 / 25 km - [info]Balbi (84 km)Solomon Islands
[Map]		GFZ
Sun, 18 Dec 07:13 UTCM 5.2 / 53 km - [info] (93 km)Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sun, 18 Dec 07:39 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info] (107 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 10:07 UTCM 4.9 / 29 km - [info] (90 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 12:08 UTCM 4.6 / 38 km - [info] (72 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 13:06 UTCM 4.7 / 38 km - [info] (154 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 14:41 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (150 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sun, 18 Dec 17:20 UTCM 4.4 / 100 km - [info] (86 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 19:49 UTCM 4.9 / 66 km - [info] (95 km)Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sun, 18 Dec 19:55 UTCM 4.9 / 63 km - [info] (72 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 19:57 UTCM 5.5 / 40 km - [info]Balbi (6 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Sun, 18 Dec 21:10 UTCM 4.9 / 35 km - [info] (74 km) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Mon, 19 Dec (8 earthquakes)
Mon, 19 Dec 02:22 UTCM 4.5 / 41.6 km - [info] (165 km)- 134km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Mon, 19 Dec 02:50 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (141 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Mon, 19 Dec 02:51 UTCM 5.0 / 188 km - [info] (159 km)New Britain Region, PNG[Map]GeoAu
Mon, 19 Dec 10:59 UTCM 5.2 / 53 km - [info] (145 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Mon, 19 Dec 11:05 UTCM 5.1 / 67 km - [info] (135 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Mon, 19 Dec 13:31 UTCM 4.7 / 44.9 km - [info] (144 km)- 131km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Mon, 19 Dec 19:03 UTCM 4.8 / 74 km - [info] (190 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Mon, 19 Dec 23:17 UTCM 4.9 / 40 km - [info] (168 km) NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 20 Dec
Tue, 20 Dec 04:33 UTCM 5.3 / 30 km - [info] (146 km)New Britain Region, PNG[Map]GeoAu
Tue, 20 Dec 06:14 UTCM 5.4 / 10 km - [info] (143 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Tue, 20 Dec 10:46 UTCM 4.5 / 117.3 km - [info] (84 km)- 163km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS

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