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M 4.6 earthquake – Pitcairn Islands region

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Local time: Nov 23, 2001 · 02:32 (UTC-8)

LightShallow · 10 km Reviewed by a seismologist
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Magnitude
4.6body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
10 kmShallow earthquake
Epicenter
-25.069, -129.73837 km from Adamstown
Energy released
120 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
Felt reports
—"Did You Feel It?" responses
Shaking intensity
—not estimated
Aftershocks
0M2.5+ within 30 km
Significance
326USGS 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 120 tons of TNT, 4 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.

Chile 1960 M 9.5
Japan 2011 M 9.1
San Francisco 1906 M 7.9
Turkey 2023 M 7.8
Haiti 2010 M 7.0
Northridge 1994 M 6.7
This earthquake M 4.6