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Sequence · 2009-10-08

M 6.8 · Observed seismic cluster · 188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu

Explore clusters of M4.5+ events observed around significant earthquakes. These clusters are descriptive and are not presented as earthquake predictions.

M4.5+ events in cluster118
M6+5
Analysis radius308 km
Observation window14 days
Largest secondary eventM 6.2
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Sequence timeline

Within first 24 hours39
Within first 7 days98
Observed duration12.0 d
Gap from reference eventM 0.6
0 h12.0 d
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Main-event impact

Shallow

49/100
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M4.5+ events in cluster

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 6.8188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 08:28:47 UTCView event →
M 6.0183 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 08:34:36 UTCView event →
M 4.8167 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 09:28:09 UTCView event →
M 4.5198 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 10:03:10 UTCView event →
M 6.159 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands44.7 km2009-10-08 10:11:07 UTCView event →
M 4.5160 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 10:27:07 UTCView event →
M 5.2174 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 10:47:23 UTCView event →
M 4.891 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 11:13:51 UTCView event →
M 5.1120 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 11:35:03 UTCView event →
M 4.7181 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 11:37:45 UTCView event →
M 4.7133 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 14:06:03 UTCView event →
M 4.8186 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 14:08:38 UTCView event →
M 4.585 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 15:19:23 UTCView event →
M 4.9147 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 16:02:57 UTCView event →
M 4.594 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 16:09:58 UTCView event →
M 5.2144 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu9.7 km2009-10-08 17:16:42 UTCView event →
M 4.8175 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 17:55:01 UTCView event →
M 5.2146 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 18:10:49 UTCView event →
M 4.6150 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 18:24:26 UTCView event →
M 4.848 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 18:47:58 UTCView event →
M 5.2105 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 18:51:26 UTCView event →
M 4.6186 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 19:24:06 UTCView event →
M 4.8175 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands44.1 km2009-10-08 19:56:01 UTCView event →
M 6.0171 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 21:16:13 UTCView event →
M 5.1188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu43.7 km2009-10-08 21:18:40 UTCView event →
M 5.3194 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-08 21:37:17 UTCView event →
M 5.340 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands19.6 km2009-10-08 22:43:32 UTCView event →
M 5.1194 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 23:32:35 UTCView event →
M 5.7187 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 23:35:43 UTCView event →
M 4.6Santa Cruz Islands39.5 km2009-10-08 23:42:00 UTCView event →
M 4.6133 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 00:04:14 UTCView event →
M 4.9193 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu37.1 km2009-10-09 00:08:02 UTCView event →
M 4.5142 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 02:15:13 UTCView event →
M 4.6138 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 02:15:58 UTCView event →
M 4.7177 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 03:11:33 UTCView event →
M 5.1156 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 03:47:29 UTCView event →
M 4.9204 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu44.3 km2009-10-09 05:11:18 UTCView event →
M 4.6118 km W of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 06:18:26 UTCView event →
M 5.6154 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 07:33:28 UTCView event →
M 5.6111 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 09:14:42 UTCView event →
M 4.650 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 10:25:06 UTCView event →
M 5.6127 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 13:12:32 UTCView event →
M 4.5144 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 14:17:34 UTCView event →
M 5.1173 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 17:07:17 UTCView event →
M 4.7Vanuatu41.1 km2009-10-09 17:58:40 UTCView event →
M 4.6161 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 18:35:30 UTCView event →
M 5.0167 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands40.7 km2009-10-09 19:41:32 UTCView event →
M 4.6194 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 19:51:54 UTCView event →
M 5.3105 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 20:18:17 UTCView event →
M 4.6191 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-09 20:23:54 UTCView event →
M 4.8173 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 20:34:57 UTCView event →
M 4.6168 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-09 20:50:21 UTCView event →
M 4.7178 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 02:43:09 UTCView event →
M 4.5178 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 02:50:41 UTCView event →
M 4.5175 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 03:53:42 UTCView event →
M 5.1115 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 11:11:12 UTCView event →
M 5.896 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 14:25:15 UTCView event →
M 5.0108 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 14:32:05 UTCView event →
M 5.2112 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 14:36:33 UTCView event →
M 5.3113 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 15:34:59 UTCView event →
M 5.2107 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 16:49:07 UTCView event →
M 4.7101 km W of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 17:07:02 UTCView event →
M 4.588 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 18:38:29 UTCView event →
M 4.856 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands38.1 km2009-10-10 19:00:31 UTCView event →
M 4.7207 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-10 19:24:39 UTCView event →
M 4.787 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-10 19:39:45 UTCView event →
M 5.4130 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-10 21:44:49 UTCView event →
M 5.2119 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-11 03:12:22 UTCView event →
M 5.7183 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu44.8 km2009-10-11 04:47:51 UTCView event →
M 5.0120 km W of Sola, Vanuatu15.8 km2009-10-11 16:12:14 UTCView event →
M 5.2139 km W of Sola, Vanuatu37.9 km2009-10-11 16:56:52 UTCView event →
M 4.7124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-11 17:03:00 UTCView event →
M 5.0193 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu16.9 km2009-10-11 18:02:03 UTCView event →
M 4.6165 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-11 18:39:32 UTCView event →
M 4.9183 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-11 18:42:06 UTCView event →
M 4.961 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-11 19:59:15 UTCView event →
M 4.8167 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-11 21:51:40 UTCView event →
M 5.2212 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-12 06:37:03 UTCView event →
M 6.2198 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu42.0 km2009-10-12 09:37:21 UTCView event →
M 5.190 km W of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-12 10:29:16 UTCView event →
M 5.0176 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-12 11:02:56 UTCView event →
M 5.5121 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands42.0 km2009-10-12 12:44:38 UTCView event →
M 4.6130 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu43.1 km2009-10-12 13:42:51 UTCView event →
M 4.9132 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-12 18:44:51 UTCView event →
M 5.7138 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-12 20:59:38 UTCView event →
M 4.5113 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-12 21:02:28 UTCView event →
M 5.1111 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu39.7 km2009-10-13 00:21:35 UTCView event →
M 4.9175 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-13 04:49:04 UTCView event →
M 4.6174 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-13 04:54:20 UTCView event →
M 4.8178 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands16.8 km2009-10-13 14:50:56 UTCView event →
M 4.9127 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu43.6 km2009-10-13 17:57:36 UTCView event →
M 4.671 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands30.8 km2009-10-13 18:06:05 UTCView event →
M 5.2107 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu42.6 km2009-10-13 20:48:11 UTCView event →
M 4.7195 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands11.6 km2009-10-13 22:11:20 UTCView event →
M 5.4194 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu24.6 km2009-10-14 00:55:10 UTCView event →
M 5.0167 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-14 03:18:58 UTCView event →
M 5.387 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-14 06:54:42 UTCView event →
M 5.096 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-14 09:34:35 UTCView event →
M 5.2199 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-15 08:50:36 UTCView event →
M 4.9101 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands12.2 km2009-10-15 09:26:53 UTCView event →
M 4.9205 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-15 09:48:34 UTCView event →
M 4.5182 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-15 09:55:42 UTCView event →
M 4.5131 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu45.8 km2009-10-15 15:49:03 UTCView event →
M 5.2191 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-15 19:20:16 UTCView event →
M 4.581 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-16 02:10:08 UTCView event →
M 5.0135 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands37.4 km2009-10-16 09:37:36 UTCView event →
M 4.5196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-16 16:02:51 UTCView event →
M 4.9183 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-16 17:17:00 UTCView event →
M 4.7145 km N of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-16 18:20:08 UTCView event →
M 5.6155 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-17 13:18:40 UTCView event →
M 5.0140 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu14.7 km2009-10-17 16:26:15 UTCView event →
M 4.6168 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-18 12:33:59 UTCView event →
M 5.081 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-18 22:10:53 UTCView event →
M 5.3179 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-19 07:35:54 UTCView event →
M 5.1188 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-10-19 10:48:29 UTCView event →
M 4.853 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-19 19:39:40 UTCView event →
M 4.9Vanuatu22.2 km2009-10-19 22:46:10 UTCView event →
M 5.099 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands42.7 km2009-10-20 07:53:27 UTCView event →

Interpretation

Explore clusters of M4.5+ events observed around significant earthquakes. These clusters are descriptive and are not presented as earthquake predictions. Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

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