- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 6, 2010 CE
- Location:
- 51 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude:
- 5.6 Mwc
- Depth:
- 199.6 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 3.479
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
Other earthquake records of 2010 CE
- Haiti, Port-Au-Prince · Mw 7 · 316,000 deaths
- China, Qinghai Province: Yushu · Mw 6.9 · 2,968 deaths
- Chile, Maule, Concepcion, Talcahuano · Mw 8.8 · 558 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatra · Mw 7.8 · 431 deaths
- Turkey, Elazig Province: Okcular, Yukari Demirci · Mw 6.1 · 51 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya: Japen · Mw 7 · 17 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.6 - 51 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (2010 CE) happen?
- January 6, 2010 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.