Major mag. 7.0 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Saturday, 19 April 2014
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.5 quake: 75km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea, 19 Apr 2014 13h27, which had occurred 20 minutes earlier.
19 Apr 13:55 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Magnitude: 7.0
Depth: 85.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.09°S / 154.68°E
(Papua New Guinea)Nearest volcano: Bagana (114 km / 71 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
137 km (85 mi) SW of Arawa (pop: 40,300)
184 km (115 mi) S of Buka (pop: 0)
194 km (121 mi) SW of Taro (pop: 0)
Primary data source: GFZ
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]
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Time | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source |
| Sat, 19 Apr 13:47 UTC | M 7.0 / 85 km | Solomon Islands | GFZ |
| Sat, 19 Apr 13:47 UTC | M 5.6 / 72.2 km | 120km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | USGS |
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