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M7.3 earthquake, Papua New Guinea, 2010-07-18

MagnitudeM7.3mwc

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Depth35 km

Time (UTC)2010-07-18 13:34

Rank in 20109 / 174among M6+

Rank since 1900758 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×89approx.

New Britain region, Papua New Guinea · -5.93, 150.59

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 2010-07-20	2010-07-20 19:18	24 km	74 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 2010-07-20	2010-07-20 20:31	35 km	80 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M7.0 2010-08-04	2010-08-04 22:01	44 km	72 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2000 M8.0M8.0

1916 M8.0M8.0

1920 M7.8M7.8

2000 M7.8M7.8

1972 M7.5M7.5

1990 M7.5M7.5

2015 M7.5M7.5

1945 M7.5M7.5

1947 M7.4M7.4

1905 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.9 2010-07-18	2010-07-18 13:04	28 km	56 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2010-06-24	2010-06-24 05:32	40 km	113 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2009-07-15	2009-07-15 20:10	13 km	94 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2009-05-12	2009-05-12 01:26	89 km	60 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2009-01-22	2009-01-22 13:40	44 km	New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2007-10-09	2007-10-09 15:03	39 km	86 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 2007-06-18	2007-06-18 06:18	9 km	109 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2007-05-29	2007-05-29 01:03	132 km	54 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2007-04-21	2007-04-21 07:12	407 km	119 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2006-11-13	2006-11-13 16:12	11 km	151 km SE 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.