Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - D'Entrecasteaux Islands Region on Monday, 17 November 2014
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.9 - Solomon Sea, 378 km S of Arawa, North Solomons, Papua New Guinea, lunes, 17 nov. 2014
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Moderate magnitude 5.9 earthquake at 10 km depth
17 Nov 01:14 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 8 minutos.
Nov 17 02:10: Magnitud recalculada de 5.8 a 5.9.
Nov 17 02:10: Magnitud recalculada de 5.8 a 5.9.
Magnitud: 5.9
Profundidad: 10.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 9.6°S / 155.14°E

Volcán mas cercano: Simbo (217 km / 135 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
250 km al SO de Gizo (New Georgia Group, Islas Salomón) (pop: 6,150) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
378 km al S de Arawa (pop: 40,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
876 km al E de Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
267 km al NE de Yeina Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
393 km al ESE de Jouveney Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 4.5 x 1013 joules (12.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10676 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
M 5.9 | 10 km | D'Entrecasteaux Islands Region | GFZ |
M 5.9 | 20 km | D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS REGION | EMSC |
M 6.0 | km | D'entrecasteaux Islands Region, PNG | GeoAu |
M 6.1 | 25 km | 245km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands | USGS |
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There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it Aftershocks of the M 5.9 terremoto: Solomon Sea, 378 km al sur de Arawa, North Solomons, Papúa Nueva Guinea Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:05
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):- 27 Dec 2014 16:04 UTC| M 4.3 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|17 km (11 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 17 Dec 2014 19:46 UTC| M 4.7 |2 km (1.2 mi) depth|13 km (8 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 17 Nov 2014 13:27 UTC| M 5.2 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|14 km (9 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
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