Terremoto molto forte magnitudine 6.1 - South Pacific Ocean, 199 km a sud da Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa, giovedì, 19 marzo 1964
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Terremoto molto forte magnitudine 6.1 at 12 km depth
Magnitudine: 6.1
Profondità: 11.7 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 15.595°S / 172.094°W
(South Pacific Ocean, Samoa)Vulcano più vicino: Curacoa (169 km / 105 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
194 km SSO da Samamea (pop: 89) --> Vedi sismi vicini
196 km S da Mulifanua (pop: 4,510) --> Vedi sismi vicini
199 km S da Fasito‘outa (pop: 2,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
199 km S da Apia (pop: 40,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
203 km SO da Tāfuna (Tualauta, Samoa americane) (pop: 11,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
209 km SO da Pago Pago (Ma'Oputasi, Samoa americane) (pop: 11,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
238 km SSE da Asau (pop: 6,640) --> Vedi sismi vicini
241 km S da Safotu (pop: 1,210) --> Vedi sismi vicini
449 km NNO da Alofi (Niue) (pop: 624) --> Vedi sismi vicini
509 km ESE da Mata-Utu (Hahake, Wallis e Futuna) (pop: 1,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
| M 6.1 | 12 km | Samoa Islands region | USGS |
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):- 22 Jun 1964 00:16 UTC| M 5.8 |15 km (9.3 mi) depth|66 km (41 mi) distance| USGS | Details
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 199 km south of Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa, on Thursday, 19 March 1964 at 21:44 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
