M 7.2 earthquake – south of the Fiji Islands
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Local time: Feb 11, 1969 · 10:58 (UTC+12)
MajorDeep · 660 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 7.2moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 660 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -22.797, 178.820520 km from Suva
- Energy released
- 951 kilotons of TNTabout 63 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 96 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 802USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 9, 1967.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 951 kilotons of TNT, 1,995 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 96 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900.