M 7.1 earthquake – Fiji region
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Local time: Feb 26, 1915 · 08:55 (UTC+12:19)
MajorDeep · 600 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.1body-wave magnitude (mB)
- Depth
- 600 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -21.739, -179.375438 km from Nuku‘alofa
- Energy released
- 674 kilotons of TNTabout 45 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 84 km
- Significance
- 776USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1911
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Aug 21, 1911.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 674 kilotons of TNT, 1,413 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 Fiji.