Shallow magnitude 6.2 earthquake north of Papua New Guinea

Armand Vervaeck
Earthquake Report
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:10 UTC

Shaking MMI rings. The coastline got a max. light shaking.

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6.2

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2018-01-26 22:47:57

Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km

Earthquake-report.com does not expect any damage or injuries from this earthquake.

Seismogram of the earthquake as recorded in Lorengau on Manus island

Comment: Strong seismic activity across the planet in the first month of 2018 is showing a marked increase, listed below are all the earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater (a total of 9 with the report above):

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