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Past earthquakes in or near Coral Sea during December 2020
Updated 24 Feb 2021 20:49 GMT -
During Dec 2020, Coral Sea was shaken by 8 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or above and 12 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0.
Biggest quake: 5.4 quake Coral Sea, 158 km southwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, 28 Dec 2020 2:16 am (GMT +11) ...Read More
Biggest quake: 5.4 quake Coral Sea, 158 km southwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, 28 Dec 2020 2:16 am (GMT +11) ...Read More
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Showing quakes magnitude 0.1 or higher (20 quakes):
Date and time | Mag Depth | Nearest volcano (distance) | Location | Details | Map |
| Mon, 28 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 29 Dec 2020 7:03 am (GMT +11) (28 Dec 2020 20:03:27 GMT) | 5.0 59 km | (129 km) | Coral Sea, 94 km southeast of Lata, Solomon Islands | More | Map |
| Sun, 27 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 28 Dec 2020 2:16 am (GMT +11) (27 Dec 2020 15:16:26 GMT) | 5.4 10 km | (183 km) | Coral Sea, 158 km southwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Sat, 26 Dec 2020 (GMT) (2 earthquakes) | |||||
| 27 Dec 2020 5:52 am (GMT +11) (26 Dec 2020 18:52:34 GMT) | 4.6 65 km | (90 km) | Coral Sea, 67 km south of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| 26 Dec 2020 6:49 pm (GMT +11) (26 Dec 2020 07:49:30 GMT) | 5.1 163 km | (73 km) | Coral Sea, 54 km east of Lata, Solomon Islands | More | Map |
| Fri, 25 Dec 2020 (GMT) (3 earthquakes) | |||||
| 26 Dec 2020 7:47 am (GMT +11) (25 Dec 2020 20:47:48 GMT) | 5.0 10 km | (181 km) | Coral Sea, 157 km southwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| 26 Dec 2020 5:53 am (GMT +11) (25 Dec 2020 18:53:23 GMT) | 4.9 26 km | (81 km) | South Pacific Ocean, 24 km south of Aneityum Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| 25 Dec 2020 2:35 pm (GMT +11) (25 Dec 2020 03:35:50 GMT) | 4.6 133 km | (54 km) | Coral Sea, 97 km southeast of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Thu, 24 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 25 Dec 2020 8:16 am (GMT +11) (24 Dec 2020 21:16:42 GMT) | 5.1 10 km | (50 km) | Solomon Sea, 175 km southeast of Gizo, Solomon Islands | More | Map |
| Tue, 22 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 22 Dec 2020 05:03:02 GMT | 4.5 246 km | Traitor's Head (19 km) - Vanuatu | Coral Sea, 78 km north of Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Sun, 20 Dec 2020 (GMT) (2 earthquakes) | |||||
| 21 Dec 2020 7:43 am (GMT +11) (20 Dec 2020 20:43:51 GMT) | 5.3 10 km | Traitor's Head (177 km) - Vanuatu | Coral Sea, 180 km north of Wé, Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia | More | Map |
| 20 Dec 2020 13:12:58 GMT | 4.5 219 km | (91 km) | Coral Sea, 94 km east of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Tue, 15 Dec 2020 (GMT) (2 earthquakes) | |||||
| 16 Dec 2020 9:43 am (GMT +11) (15 Dec 2020 22:43:05 GMT) | 4.2 126 km | (72 km) | 79 km east of Luganville, Sanma, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| 15 Dec 2020 6:07 pm (GMT +11) (15 Dec 2020 07:07:43 GMT) | 4.9 113 km | (198 km) | Coral Sea, 191 km southeast of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Temotu, Solomon Islands | More | Map |
| Mon, 14 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 14 Dec 2020 6:30 pm (GMT +11) (14 Dec 2020 07:30:18 GMT) | 4.6 199 km | Traitor's Head (25 km) - Vanuatu | 80 km north of Isangel, Tafea, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Sat, 12 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 12 Dec 2020 11:50 pm (GMT +11) (12 Dec 2020 12:50:56 GMT) | 4.6 134 km | Traitor's Head (20 km) - Vanuatu | 83 km north of Isangel, Tafea, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Fri, 11 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 11 Dec 2020 12:31 pm (GMT +11) (11 Dec 2020 01:31:19 GMT) | 4.9 67 km | (54 km) | Solomon Sea, 86 km south of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea | More | Map |
| Mon, 7 Dec 2020 (GMT) (2 earthquakes) | |||||
| 8 Dec 2020 9:30 am (GMT +11) (7 Dec 2020 22:30:02 GMT) | 5.1 67 km | (106 km) | Solomon Sea, 39 km southwest of Buala, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands | More | Map |
| 8 Dec 2020 1:23 am (GMT +11) (7 Dec 2020 14:23:02 GMT) | 4.6 238 km | (143 km) | Coral Sea, 160 km north of Sola, Torba, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Sun, 6 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 7 Dec 2020 2:22 am (GMT +11) (6 Dec 2020 15:22:32 GMT) | 4.6 120 km | (31 km) | Coral Sea, 50 km northeast of Luganville, Sanma, Vanuatu | More | Map |
| Thu, 3 Dec 2020 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | |||||
| 4 Dec 2020 4:07 am (GMT +11) (3 Dec 2020 17:07:36 GMT) | 5.4 37 km | (91 km) | South Pacific Ocean, 462 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia | More | Map |
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 4.2 x 1013 joules (11.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10047 tons of TNT or 0.6 atomic bombs!) More info
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