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M7.0 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 2018-10-10

MagnitudeM7.0mww
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Depth39 km
Time (UTC)2018-10-10 20:48
Rank in 201816 / 134among M6+
Rank since 19001593 / 14,458
Energy vs an M6×32approx.

119 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea · -5.70, 151.20

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M5.9 2018-10-102018-10-10 20:5945 km109 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M5.9 2018-10-102018-10-10 21:1320 km118 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 2018-10-122018-10-12 02:5210 km128 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 2018-10-152018-10-15 19:3510 km130 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M6.1 2018-10-102018-10-10 20:4542 km136 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2018-07-192018-07-19 18:3030 km91 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2018-05-092018-05-09 07:579 km178 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.9 2018-03-292018-03-29 21:2535 km150 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 2018-03-262018-03-26 09:5140 km140 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 2018-03-242018-03-24 11:2333 km150 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 2018-03-082018-03-08 17:3923 km103 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2017-11-272017-11-27 07:1154 km109 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 2017-07-132017-07-13 03:3634 km115 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2017-05-152017-05-15 13:2210 km40 km ENE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.