Major mag. 7.0 earthquake - Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea on Monday, 12 October 1987
Magnitude: 7.0
Depth: 24.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.288°S / 154.371°E
(Papua New Guinea)Nearest volcano: Bagana (157 km / 98 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
177 km (110 mi) SW of Arawa (pop: 40,300)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1015 joules (554 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4.8 x 105 tons of TNT or 29.8 atomic bombs!) [learn more]
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Aftershocks of the 7.0 quake: Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea, 12 Oct 1987 13h57
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List of recorded aftershocks, latest first (19 quakes):- 01 Oct 1989 19:14 UTC| M 5.2 |36.2 km (22.5 mi) depth|53 km (33 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 19 Jul 1989 03:14 UTC| M 5.2 |46 km (28.6 mi) depth|7 km (4 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 29 Jun 1989 03:57 UTC| M 5.1 |81.9 km (50.9 mi) depth|122 km (76 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 08 Feb 1989 16:04 UTC| M 5.0 |46.9 km (29.1 mi) depth|46 km (28 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 13 Jan 1989 08:11 UTC| M 5.6 |73.6 km (45.7 mi) depth|123 km (77 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 20 Nov 1988 03:41 UTC| M 5.0 |58.1 km (36.1 mi) depth|94 km (58 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 29 Jul 1988 08:31 UTC| M 5.0 |46.4 km (28.8 mi) depth|85 km (53 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 08 Jul 1988 16:35 UTC| M 5.6 |74.3 km (46.2 mi) depth|116 km (72 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 23 Jun 1988 08:08 UTC| M 5.0 |64.9 km (40.3 mi) depth|40 km (25 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 15 Jun 1988 17:37 UTC| M 5.1 |45.3 km (28.1 mi) depth|116 km (72 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 21 Mar 1988 19:23 UTC| M 5.0 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|59 km (37 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 14 Feb 1988 05:08 UTC| M 5.1 |23 km (14.3 mi) depth|126 km (78 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 13 Jan 1988 01:14 UTC| M 5.3 |42 km (26.1 mi) depth|116 km (72 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 11 Jan 1988 22:27 UTC| M 5.9 |20.9 km (13 mi) depth|125 km (78 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 14 Oct 1987 11:39 UTC| M 5.2 |33 km (20.5 mi) depth|10 km (6 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 13 Oct 1987 13:54 UTC| M 5.6 |14.5 km (9 mi) depth|9 km (6 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 12 Oct 1987 15:13 UTC| M 5.0 |33.6 km (20.9 mi) depth|10 km (6 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 12 Oct 1987 14:21 UTC| M 5.3 |23.7 km (14.7 mi) depth|12 km (7 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 12 Oct 1987 14:09 UTC| M 5.5 |17.9 km (11.1 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| USGS | Details
Map of aftershocks
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