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M6.6 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 2000-11-18

MagnitudeM6.6mwc

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Depth33 km

Time (UTC)2000-11-18 02:05

Rank in 200032 / 160among M6+

Rank since 19003617 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

131 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea · -5.10, 153.18

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.7 2000-11-18	2000-11-18 05:22	33 km	153 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.7 2000-11-18	2000-11-18 15:04	33 km	100 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.7 2000-11-18	2000-11-18 15:51	33 km	100 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 2000-11-18	2000-11-18 21:48	33 km	171 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2000-11-18	2000-11-18 23:05	33 km	174 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.7 2000-11-19	2000-11-19 00:38	33 km	99 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 2000-11-19	2000-11-19 05:29	64 km	100 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.9 2000-11-19	2000-11-19 16:22	33 km	106 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.7 2000-11-21	2000-11-21 04:44	33 km	59 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2000-11-21	2000-11-21 21:21	33 km	128 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.7 2000-11-23	2000-11-23 00:13	33 km	141 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 2000-11-23	2000-11-23 04:56	33 km	87 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 2000-11-23	2000-11-23 18:43	33 km	91 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.8 2000-11-23	2000-11-23 23:10	33 km	87 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 2000-11-25	2000-11-25 16:46	33 km	190 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 2000-12-08	2000-12-08 15:24	33 km	113 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1919 M8.2M8.2

1971 M8.1M8.1

1971 M8.0M8.0

2000 M8.0M8.0

1916 M8.0M8.0

1975 M7.9M7.9

2017 M7.9M7.9

2016 M7.9M7.9

1920 M7.8M7.8

2000 M7.8M7.8

1995 M7.7M7.7

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.8 2000-11-17	2000-11-17 21:01	33 km	138 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2000-11-16	2000-11-16 11:05	33 km	130 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 2000-11-16	2000-11-16 07:45	33 km	118 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M7.8 2000-11-16	2000-11-16 07:42	30 km	135 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2000-11-16	2000-11-16 05:21	33 km	134 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M8.0 2000-11-16	2000-11-16 04:54	33 km	2000 New Ireland Earthquake
M6.2 2000-11-07	2000-11-07 07:50	90 km	189 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2000-11-07	2000-11-07 01:01	33 km	151 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M7.0 2000-10-29	2000-10-29 08:37	50 km	191 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 2000-06-09	2000-06-09 01:27	33 km	84 km SSE 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.