M 6.4 earthquake – Palau region
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Local time: Nov 23, 1919 · 14:56 (UTC+9)
StrongShallow · 15 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 6.4moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 6.671, 138.001384 km from Ngerulmud
- Energy released
- 60 kilotons of TNTabout 4 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 33 km
- Significance
- 632USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1912
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Oct 31, 1912.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 60 kilotons of TNT, 126 times the energy of 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, around Palau.
- 7.8 State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia Aug 16, 1911
- 7.6 245 km E of Melekeok Village, Palau Sep 29, 1912
- 6.8 281 km S of Colonia, Micronesia Oct 31, 1912
- 6.8 223 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia Apr 12, 1936
- 6.6 State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia Jul 3, 1988
- 6.4 180 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia Dec 11, 1983
- 6.4 121 km ESE of Kayangel, Palau May 31, 1982
- 6.3 231 km SW of Colonia, Micronesia Aug 14, 2002