Forte terremoto magnitudine 6.3 - Samoa Islands Region, sabato, 11 giugno 1988

Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 36 km depth

Data & ora: 11 Jun 1988 12:17:27 UTC
Magnitudine: 6.3
Profondità: 35.7 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 14.994°S / 173.469°W

(Samoa)
Vulcano più vicino: West Mata (32 km / 20 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
112 km NNE da Hihifo (Tonga) (pop: 815) --> Vedi sismi vicini
186 km SO da Vailoa (pop: 769) --> Vedi sismi vicini
187 km SSO da Asau (pop: 6,640) --> Vedi sismi vicini
201 km SO da Mulifanua (pop: 4,510) --> Vedi sismi vicini
207 km SSO da Safotu (pop: 1,210) --> Vedi sismi vicini
211 km SO da Fasito‘outa (pop: 2,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
224 km SO da Apia (pop: 40,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
237 km OSO da Lufilufi (pop: 1,070) --> Vedi sismi vicini
305 km OSO da Tāfuna (Tualauta, Samoa americane) (pop: 11,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
308 km OSO da Pago Pago (Ma'Oputasi, Samoa americane) (pop: 11,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 1.8 x 10¹⁴ joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) More info

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Magnitudine	Profondità	Ubicazione	Fonte
M 6.3	36 km	Samoa Islands region	USGS

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Aftershocks of the 6.3 quake Samoa Islands Region 11 June 1988 12:17 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (5 quakes):

05 Dec 1988 16:05 UTC
| M 6.4 |
40.1 km (24.9 mi) depth
|
30 km (19 mi) distance
| USGS | Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Tonga (Samoa) on Monday, 5 December 1988 at 16:05 (GMT)
06 Nov 1988 18:44 UTC
| M 4.9 |
33 km (20.5 mi) depth
|
81 km (50 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
26 Aug 1988 07:33 UTC
| M 5.7 |
77.8 km (48.3 mi) depth
|
71 km (44 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
20 Aug 1988 19:52 UTC
| M 5.4 |
33 km (20.5 mi) depth
|
17 km (10 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
30 Jul 1988 00:49 UTC
| M 4.9 |
33 km (20.5 mi) depth
|
26 km (16 mi) distance
| USGS | Details