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M6.6 earthquake, west of Macquarie Island, 2012-10-09

MagnitudeM6.6mww

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Depth10 km

Time (UTC)2012-10-09 12:32

Rank in 201235 / 133among M6+

Rank since 19003717 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

west of Macquarie Island · -60.33, 153.70

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

None

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1945 M6.8M6.8

1995 M6.7M6.7

2021 M6.6M6.6

2012 M6.6M6.6

2008 M6.5M6.5

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 2008-08-09	2008-08-09 16:36	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.5 2008-08-09	2008-08-09 06:01	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.5 2008-06-01	2008-06-01 14:31	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.1 2007-08-13	2007-08-13 10:27	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.0 2005-07-30	2005-07-30 11:03	10 km	Balleny Islands region
M6.2 2002-04-07	2002-04-07 01:41	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.4 2000-03-04	2000-03-04 02:24	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.0 2000-01-01	2000-01-01 05:58	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.3 1998-06-29	1998-06-29 23:37	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.1 1995-10-13	1995-10-13 15:22	14 km	Macquarie Island region

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.