M 6.4 earthquake – western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
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Local time: Jun 10, 2004 · 08:52 (UTC+10)
StrongShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 6.4moment magnitude (mwc)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -51.603, 139.6151,131 km from Hobart
- 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
- 630USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2000
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Jun 11, 2000.
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.
- 6.6 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jun 11, 2000
- 6.6 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge May 11, 1976
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Apr 23, 1946
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jun 14, 1927
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Aug 24, 1936
- 6.3 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jan 7, 1921
- 6.3 west of Macquarie Island Oct 11, 2023
- 6.3 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Apr 18, 2019
In the week before
Earthquakes within 33 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.