M6.5 Quake Strikes ENE of FIJI

HEIGHTENED SEISMICITY in the Pacific Ring of Fire (Forecast)

Centered at 15.907°S, 178.585°W the quake struck at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi), USGS/EHP reported.

The event followed a magnitude 4.7Mw foreshock, that occurred about 5 hours earlier.

Tsunami Evaluation
NO threat of Pacific-wide, destructive tsunami by this event.

EQ Details
Magnitude: 6.5Mw
Location: 15.907°S, 178.585°W depth=10.0 km (6.2 mi)
Time: 2015-04-17 @ 15:52:51 (UTC)
Distances:

• 183km SSW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna
• 224km (139mi) ENE of Lambasa, Fiji
• 401km (249mi) NE of Suva, Fiji
• 474km (295mi) ENE of Nadi, Fiji
• 679km (422mi) NNW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga

Related Links

• Significant Quakes Strike Solomon Islands, PNG March 31, 2015

Planet Oklahoma: Avg 6.7 Quakes Strike Each Day!

2,459 Earthquakes Strike Oklahoma in 365 Days!

Oklahoma [and Kansas border area] was rattled by a daily average of 6.7 earthquakes  measuring ≥2.5Mw over the last 365 days.

The events included 782 earthquakes measuring 3.0Mw or greater, according to the USGS/EHP archives.

Some 21 events registered 4.0Mw or greater, with the largest quake measuring 4.9Mw, which occurred 13km S of Conway Springs, Kansas (200km N of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), on November 12, 2014 at 21:40:00 (UTC).

EQ location map. 2,459 Events measuring 2.5Mw or greater struck Oklahoma [and Kansas border area] over the last 365 days. [Source: USGS/EHP]

Aftershocks Continue to Rattle Crete, Greece

Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes near Crete, followed by dozens of aftershocks

Centered at 35.03 N, 26.81 E, the quake occurred 54 km E of Palaíkastron at a depth of 30km, reported the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center. The event was followed by dozens of aftershocks, including four significant shocks measuring Magnitudes 4.9, 5.0, 4.5 and 5.3Mw, as of posting.

Main Shock

Magnitude: 6.1Mw
Region: CRETE, GREECE
Date time 2015-04-16 @ 18:07:44.3 UTC
Location: 35.03N, 26.81E
Depth: 30 km
Distances

• 54 km E of Palaíkastron, Greece / pop: 1,094
• 102 km E of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece / pop: 10,799
• 155 km E of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 137,154
• 377 km S of İzmir, Turkey / pop: 2,500,603