M 4.4 earthquake – Pitcairn Islands region
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Local time: Nov 15, 2001 · 12:06 (UTC-8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -25.141, -129.67943 km from Adamstown
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1995
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Sep 23, 1995.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Pitcairn.