M 6.7 earthquake – Balleny Islands region
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Local time: Jun 22, 1995 · 03:28 (UTC+12)
StrongShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 6.7moment magnitude (mwb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -61.673, 154.7661,909 km from Invercargill
- Energy released
- 169 kilotons of TNTabout 11 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 49 km
- Significance
- 691USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1945
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Mar 23, 1945.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 169 kilotons of TNT, 355 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.
- 6.8 Balleny Islands region Mar 23, 1945
- 6.6 west of Macquarie Island Dec 12, 2021
- 6.6 west of Macquarie Island Oct 9, 2012
- 6.5 west of Macquarie Island Aug 9, 2008
- 6.4 west of Macquarie Island Aug 14, 1925
- 6.4 Balleny Islands region Feb 3, 1995
- 6.4 west of Macquarie Island Jun 29, 1993
- 6.4 Balleny Islands region Nov 4, 1992