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M6.7 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 2002-12-12

MagnitudeM6.7mwb

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Depth34 km

Time (UTC)2002-12-12 08:30

Rank in 200220 / 139among M6+

Rank since 19002978 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×11approx.

New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea · -4.79, 153.28

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.7 2003-01-10	2003-01-10 13:11	72 km	191 km SE 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
M6.3 2002-02-28	2002-02-28 01:50	40 km	125 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2002-02-19	2002-02-19 00:35	10 km	129 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 2002-02-05	2002-02-05 13:27	39 km	125 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2002-01-15	2002-01-15 09:01	41 km	106 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 2002-01-13	2002-01-13 14:10	44 km	104 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2001-07-08	2001-07-08 17:54	10 km	250 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2001-07-01	2001-07-01 01:46	28 km	76 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2000-12-28	2000-12-28 04:34	33 km	23 km NE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2000-12-21	2000-12-21 02:41	387 km	183 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 2000-12-21	2000-12-21 01:01	33 km	110 km E of Kimbe, 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.