Terremoto molto forte magnitudine 6.6 - South Pacific Ocean, 112 km a est da Kokopo, Papua Nuova Guinea, lunedì, 06 settembre 1993

Terremoto molto forte magnitudine 6.6 - South Pacific Ocean, 112 km a est da Kokopo, Papua Nuova Guinea, lunedì, 06 settembre 1993

Terremoto molto forte magnitudine 6.6 at 49 km depth

Data & ora: 6 Sep 1993 03:56:00 UTC
Magnitudine: 6.6
Profondità: 49.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 4.641°S / 153.231°E (South Pacific Ocean, Papua Nuova Guinea)
Vulcano più vicino: Ambitle (78 km / 48 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
112 km ESE da Kokopo (pop: 26,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
128 km ESE da Rabaul (pop: 8,070) --> Vedi sismi vicini
311 km NO da Panguna (pop: 2,920) --> Vedi sismi vicini
313 km NO da Arawa (pop: 40,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
355 km SE da Kavieng (pop: 14,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
357 km ENE da Kimbe (Talasea District) (pop: 18,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
359 km NO da Buin (pop: 750) --> Vedi sismi vicini
443 km ENE da Kandrian (pop: 1,010) --> Vedi sismi vicini
555 km NO da Gizo (New Georgia Group, Isole Salomone) (pop: 6,150) --> Vedi sismi vicini
860 km NE da Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) --> 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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M 6.649 kmNew Ireland region, Papua New GuineaUSGS
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