Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Coral Sea, 69 km east of Lata, Solomon Islands, on Thursday, Nov 25, 2021 11:39 pm (GMT +11) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.0 quake Coral Sea, 75 km east of Lata, Solomon Islands, Nov 25, 2021 11:04 pm (GMT +11), which had occurred 36 minutes earlier.
Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Coral Sea, 69 km east of Lata, Solomon Islands, on Thursday, Nov 25, 2021 11:39 pm (GMT +11)

Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

25 Nov 14:30 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 1 hour and 51 minutes.
Date & time: Nov 25, 2021 12:39:41 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, Nov 25, 2021 11:39 pm (GMT +11)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 10.96°S / 166.38°E↗ (Coral Sea, Solomon Islands)
Antipode: 10.96°N / 13.62°W↗
Nearest volcano: Tinakula (90 km / 56 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
69 km (43 mi) ESE of Lata (Santa Cruz Islands) (pop: 553) --> See nearby quakes!
348 km (216 mi) NNW of Sola (Vanuatu) (pop: 1,170) --> See nearby quakes!
242 km (151 mi) N of Hiw Island (pop: 269) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
4.810 kmSolomon Islands: Santa Cruz IslandsGFZ
4.810 kmSolomon Islands: SANTA CRUZ ISLANDSEMSC
4.954 kmSolomon Islands: Santa Cruz IslandsBMKG
4.929 km79 Km ESE of Lata, Solomon IslandsUSGS
4.810 kmSolomon Islands: Santa Cruz IslandsRaspberryShake

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