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M6.8 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 1996-10-14

MagnitudeM6.8mwc

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Depth24 km

Time (UTC)1996-10-14 23:26

Rank in 199624 / 164among M6+

Rank since 19002392 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

90 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea · -7.13, 155.57

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2007 M8.1M8.1

1971 M8.0M8.0

1975 M7.9M7.9

2017 M7.9M7.9

1939 M7.8M7.8

1995 M7.7M7.7

1975 M7.7M7.7

2014 M7.5M7.5

1967 M7.3M7.3

1936 M7.3M7.3

1949 M7.2M7.2

1972 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1996-10-12	1996-10-12 15:36	33 km	103 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1996-09-06	1996-09-06 17:03	33 km	118 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1996-06-03	1996-06-03 10:46	33 km	134 km SSE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.0 1996-06-03	1996-06-03 08:15	33 km	Solomon Islands
M6.3 1996-05-11	1996-05-11 13:43	33 km	58 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1996-05-02	1996-05-02 13:34	500 km	202 km NNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 1996-05-02	1996-05-02 02:32	33 km	101 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1996-05-01	1996-05-01 10:05	33 km	80 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1996-05-01	1996-05-01 09:21	33 km	79 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M7.2 1996-04-29	1996-04-29 14:40	44 km	58 km WSW of Panguna, 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.