Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 96km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 20 April 2014
Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 96km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 20 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 11 hours earlier.
20 Apr 00:36 UTC: Premier à signaler: USGS après 20 minutes.
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:15:58
Magnitude: 6.1
Depth: 18.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.1672°S / 155.3119°E
(Îles Salomon)Nearest volcano: Loloru (80 km / 50 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
108 km SW de Arawa (pop: 40,300)
130 km SW de Taro (pop: 0)
198 km NW de Gizo (pop: 6,200)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) [learn more]
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Heure | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source |
| Sun, 20 Apr 00:15 UTC | M 6.2 / 18 km | Solomon Islands | GFZ |
| Sun, 20 Apr 00:15 UTC | M 6.1 / 20 km | SOLOMON ISLANDS | EMSC |
| Sun, 20 Apr 00:15 UTC | M 6.1 / 18.1 km | 96km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | USGS |
| Sun, 20 Apr 00:16 UTC | M 6.4 / 35 km | Bougainville Island Region, PNG | GeoAu |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (modified Mercalli) scale.
yolo swag / Violent shaking (MMI IX)
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Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 96km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 20 April 2014
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