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M6.6 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 2014-04-19

MagnitudeM6.6mww

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Depth29 km

Time (UTC)2014-04-19 01:04

Rank in 201432 / 155among M6+

Rank since 19003731 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

57 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea · -6.66, 155.09

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.5 2014-04-19	2014-04-19 13:28	43 km	70 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M5.8 2014-04-19	2014-04-19 13:31	35 km	115 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 2014-04-19	2014-04-19 13:47	35 km	102 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 2014-04-19	2014-04-19 23:06	41 km	89 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2014-04-20	2014-04-20 00:15	20 km	95 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M5.8 2014-04-20	2014-04-20 04:17	11 km	118 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 2014-04-21	2014-04-21 09:04	27 km	116 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 2014-04-21	2014-04-21 21:59	14 km	Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2014-05-07	2014-05-07 04:20	10 km	96 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1919 M8.2M8.2

2007 M8.1M8.1

1971 M8.1M8.1

1971 M8.0M8.0

1975 M7.9M7.9

2017 M7.9M7.9

2016 M7.9M7.9

1939 M7.8M7.8

2000 M7.8M7.8

1995 M7.7M7.7

1975 M7.7M7.7

1946 M7.7M7.7

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2014-04-12	2014-04-12 05:24	20 km	91 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 2014-04-11	2014-04-11 08:16	20 km	78 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M7.1 2014-04-11	2014-04-11 07:07	61 km	56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2014-02-09	2014-02-09 14:56	42 km	122 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 2013-10-16	2013-10-16 10:30	35 km	62 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2013-07-04	2013-07-04 17:15	29 km	83 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 2013-04-14	2013-04-14 01:32	31 km	98 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2012-08-02	2012-08-02 09:56	46 km	116 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2012-04-06	2012-04-06 16:15	108 km	133 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2011-11-28	2011-11-28 12:26	25 km	205 km SE of Kokopo, 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.