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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 69km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 17 June 2018

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 69km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 17 June 2018
Date & time: Sun, 17 Jun 03:59:07 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2018-06-17 14:59:07 +11:00
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.9159°S / 155.2943°E (Papua New Guinea)
Nearest volcano: Loloru (57 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 2*10^12 J (554 MWh / 477 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource

"I felt it" reports:
Brooks / MMI IX (Violent shaking)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 7 Jul 2018
Sat, 7 Jul 08:18 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]- 85km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
Tue, 10 Jul 12:29 UTCM 5.2 / 19 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sat, 28 Jul 2018
Sat, 28 Jul 12:23 UTCM 4.9 / 35 km - [info] BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Fri, 17 Aug 2018
Fri, 17 Aug 00:50 UTCM 4.3 / 16.6 km - [info]- 180km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Wed, 22 Aug 2018
Wed, 22 Aug 18:49 UTCM 5.6 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Wed, 22 Aug 21:56 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info]- 162km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Sun, 2 Sep 2018
Sun, 2 Sep 17:56 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Mon, 3 Sep 2018
Mon, 3 Sep 18:28 UTCM 4.7 / 35 km - [info]- 82km SSW of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Thu, 20 Sep 2018
Thu, 20 Sep 15:23 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]- 183km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
Thu, 27 Sep 15:53 UTCM 5.0 / 236 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Thu, 4 Oct 2018
Thu, 4 Oct 23:07 UTCM 4.8 / 167 km - [info] BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sat, 20 Oct 2018
Sat, 20 Oct 14:36 UTCM 4.6 / 99.7 km - [info]- 90km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS
Fri, 26 Oct 2018
Fri, 26 Oct 17:35 UTCM 4.9 / 172 km - [info] BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Fri, 2 Nov 2018
Fri, 2 Nov 13:18 UTCM 5.5 / 10 km - [info]New Britain Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Tue, 27 Nov 2018
Tue, 27 Nov 09:22 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Tue, 27 Nov 09:30 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info]- 118km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea[Map]USGS

 

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