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M 6.3 earthquake – Fiji region

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Local time: Aug 19, 2018 · 12:23 (UTC+12)

StrongDeep · 576 kmPAGER green Reviewed by a seismologist
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Magnitude
6.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
576 kmDeep earthquake
Epicenter
-18.445, -177.640389 km from Labasa
Energy released
43 kilotons of TNTabout 2.8 × Hiroshima
Felt reports
—"Did You Feel It?" responses
Shaking intensity
2.4max. instrumental (MMI)
Aftershocks
8M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
Significance
611USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here

An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 19, 2018.

How strong was it?

Strong earthquake. It released 43 kilotons of TNT, 89 times the energy of 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 6.3

Aftershocks

8 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.

The strongest earthquakes within 300 km

Since 1900, around Fiji.