Forte terremoto magnitudine 6.6 - Tasman Sea, 61 km a nord ovest da Bauza , Nuova Zelanda, venerdì, 16 dicembre 1938
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Strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 15 km depth
Magnitudine: 6.6
Profondità: 15.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 44.948°S / 166.285°E
(Tasman Sea, Nuova Zelanda)Vulcano più vicino: Hautere (184 km / 114 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
124 km ONO da Te Anau (pop: 2,070) --> Vedi sismi vicini
187 km O da Distretto di Queenstown (Queenstown) (pop: 10,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
228 km NO da Invercargill (pop: 47,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
228 km O da Wanaka (pop: 4,430) --> Vedi sismi vicini
230 km O da Cromwell (pop: 5,160) --> Vedi sismi vicini
244 km ONO da Distretto di Gore (Gore) (pop: 12,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
345 km ONO da Dunedin (pop: 114,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
398 km O da Distretto di Timaru (Timaru) (pop: 28,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
448 km OSO da Distretto di Ashburton (Ashburton) (pop: 30,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
800 km SO da Wellington (pop: 381,900) --> 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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| Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
| M 6.6 | 15 km | off the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand | USGS |
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Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - Tasman Sea, 61 km northwest of Bauza Island, New Zealand, on Friday, 16 December 1938 at 23:14 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
