M 4.9 earthquake – Balleny Islands region
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Local time: Mar 25, 1998 · 23:45 (UTC+12)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.9body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -62.848, 150.1782,157 km from Invercargill
- Energy released
- 338 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
- 369USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 25, 1998.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 338 tons of TNT, 1.4 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900.
- 8.1 1998 Balleny Islands Earthquake Mar 25, 1998
- 6.7 Balleny Islands region Jun 21, 1995
- 6.4 west of Macquarie Island Mar 4, 2000
- 6.4 south of Australia Mar 25, 1998
- 6.4 Balleny Islands region Feb 3, 1995
- 6.4 Balleny Islands region Nov 4, 1992
- 6.3 Balleny Islands region Apr 15, 1939
- 6.3 Balleny Islands region Dec 17, 1991