Major magnitude 7.0 earthquake - Solomon Sea, 137 km southwest of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 13:47 GMT
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.5 quake Solomon Sea, 89 km southwest of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Saturday, April 19, 2014 23:27:59, which had occurred 20 minutes earlier.
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Major magnitude 7.0 earthquake at 85 km depth
19 Apr 13:55 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Apr 19, 2014 13:47:53 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Depth | 85.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 7.09°S / 154.68°E  (Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea) |
| Antipode | 7.09°N / 25.32°W |
| Shaking intensity | Strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) |
| Nearest volcano | Bagana (114 km / 71 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 118 km (73 mi) WSW of Buin (pop: 750) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) SW of Panguna (pop: 2,920) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) SW of Arawa (pop: 40,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 264 km (164 mi) WNW of Gizo (New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands) (pop: 6,150) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 406 km (252 mi) SE of Kokopo (pop: 26,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 425 km (264 mi) SE of Rabaul (pop: 8,070) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 870 km (541 mi) ENE of Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 1015 joules (554 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4.8 x 105 tons of TNT or 29.8 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 7.0 | 85 km | Solomon Islands | GFZ |
| 5.6 | 72 km | 120km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | USGS |
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