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M6.8 earthquake, Solomon Islands, 2013-02-08

MagnitudeM6.8mww

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Depth12 km

Time (UTC)2013-02-08 11:12

Rank in 201325 / 142among M6+

Rank since 19002465 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

22 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands · -10.84, 165.97

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.8 2013-02-08	2013-02-08 15:00	10 km	24 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.1 2013-02-08	2013-02-08 15:26	21 km	32 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.7 2013-02-08	2013-02-08 18:07	10 km	92 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.5 2013-02-08	2013-02-08 23:16	10 km	110 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.5 2013-02-09	2013-02-09 05:32	9 km	25 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.6 2013-02-09	2013-02-09 21:02	18 km	30 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.5 2013-02-09	2013-02-09 23:09	10 km	24 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.6 2013-02-10	2013-02-10 01:30	10 km	112 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.0 2013-02-10	2013-02-10 18:39	11 km	43 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.7 2013-02-11	2013-02-11 09:40	10 km	115 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.7 2013-02-11	2013-02-11 20:09	10 km	39 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.5 2013-02-17	2013-02-17 19:18	10 km	18 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.7 2013-02-17	2013-02-17 19:23	10 km	28 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.9 2013-02-23	2013-02-23 08:59	12 km	54 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.8 2013-02-28	2013-02-28 18:07	39 km	22 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2013 M8.0M8.0

1980 M7.9M7.9

1957 M7.8M7.8

1966 M7.8M7.8

2009 M7.8M7.8

1934 M7.7M7.7

1997 M7.7M7.7

2009 M7.7M7.7

1900 M7.6M7.6

1980 M7.5M7.5

1963 M7.4M7.4

1972 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.7 2013-02-07	2013-02-07 18:59	11 km	33 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.0 2013-02-07	2013-02-07 00:30	8 km	139 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.0 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 11:53	14 km	57 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.0 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 10:33	10 km	113 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.1 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 06:35	10 km	136 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.0 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 01:54	9 km	33 km NW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.1 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 01:23	10 km	112 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M8.0 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 01:12	24 km	2013 Santa Cruz Islands Earthquake
M6.0 2013-02-06	2013-02-06 00:07	11 km	62 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.0 2013-02-02	2013-02-02 18:58	6 km	58 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands

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.