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Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Sunday, 7 December 2014

This quake was likely an aftershock of the M 6.5 quake: Solomon Islands on Sun, 7 Dec 01h22, which had occurred 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Sunday, 7 December 2014
Date & time: Sunday, 7 December 2014 02:24 UTC
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.52°S / 154.41°E (Papua New Guinea)
Nearest volcano: Balbi (96 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 2.8*10^12 J (783 MWh / 674 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Sun, 7 Dec 2014
Sun, 7 Dec 02:24 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km140km WSW of Panguna, Papua New GuineaUSGS
Sun, 7 Dec 02:24 UTCM 5.0 / 80 kmBOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.EMSC
Sun, 7 Dec 02:24 UTCM 5.1 / 68 kmBougainville Island Region, PNGGeoAu

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