Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 42km W of Sola, Vanuatu on Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Forte terremoto magnitudine 6.6 - Coral Sea, 38 km a ovest da Sola, Torba, Vanuatu, mercoledì, 01 gennaio 2014

Forte terremoto magnitudine 6.6 - Coral Sea, 38 km a ovest da Sola, Torba, Vanuatu, mercoledì, 01 gennaio 2014

Strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 196 km depth

1 Jan 16:13 UTC: Primo a segnalare: USGS dopo 10 minuti.
Data & ora: 1 Jan 2014 16:03:30 UTC
Ora locale a epicentro: Thursday, January 02, 2014 03:03:30
Magnitudine: 6.6
Profondità: 196.2 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 13.8732°S / 167.2017°E (Coral Sea, Vanuatu)
Vulcano più vicino: Suretamatai (35 km / 22 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
38 km O da Sola (pop: 1,170) --> Vedi sismi vicini
131 km N da Port-Olry (pop: 1,950) --> Vedi sismi vicini
183 km N da Luganville (pop: 13,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
245 km N da Norsup (pop: 3,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
382 km SSE da Lata (Santa Cruz Islands, Isole Salomone) (pop: 553) --> Vedi sismi vicini
446 km NNO da Port Vila (pop: 35,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
39 km SSO da Ureparapara Island --> Vedi sismi vicini
269 km N da Malakula Island (pop: 22,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 5 x 1014 joules (139 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 105 tons of TNT or 7.5 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudineProfonditàUbicazioneFonte
M 6.7193 kmVanuatu IslandsGFZ
M 6.6196 km VANUATUEMSC
M 6.6196 km37km W of Sola, VanuatuUSGS
M 6.7227 kmVanuatu IslandsGeoAu

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London / Violent shaking (MMI IX)
fghdrynj / not felt : omg i was fainting when ifelt the earthquake lol jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk
(Vanuatu, 171 km S of epicenter) : We have many earthquakes here, this earthquake was quite long and very noisy. I heard a loud crack about 10 secs before shaking commenced. Started as a small tremor, had 2 moments of strong shaking followed by some rolling movement. (reported through EMSC)
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Aftershocks of the 6.6 quake Coral Sea, 38 km west of Sola, Torba, Vanuatu, Thursday, January 02, 2014 03:03:30

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Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - Coral Sea, 38 km west of Sola, Torba, Vanuatu, on Thursday, January 02, 2014 03:03:30
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