- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 16, 2019 CE
- Location:
- 75 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands
- Magnitude:
- 5.4 Mww
- Depth:
- 70.89 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 3.756
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2019 CE
- Albania, Durres, Thumane, Tirana · Mw 6.4 · 51 deaths
- Pakistan, Mirpur District · Mw 5.6 · 39 deaths
- Indonesia, Maluku: Ambon · Mw 6.5 · 31 deaths
- Philippines, Pampanga Province · Mw 6.1 · 18 deaths
- Philippines, Mindanao: Cotabato, Davao · Mw 6.6 · 13 deaths
- China, Sichuan: Yibin · Mw 5.8 · 13 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 5.4 - 75 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands (2019 CE) happen?
- December 16, 2019 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.