M 7.3 earthquake – Fiji region
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Local time: May 25, 1944 · 13:25 (UTC+12:19)
MajorDeep · 633 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 7.3moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 633 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -21.578, -179.440442 km from Nuku‘alofa
- Energy released
- 1.3 megatons of TNTabout 90 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 110 km
- Significance
- 820USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1937
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Apr 16, 1937.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 1.3 megatons of TNT, 2,818 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.