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Sequence · 2010-07-18

M 7.3 · Observed seismic cluster · New Britain region, Papua New Guinea

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 cluster49
M6+2
Analysis radius388 km
Observation window14 days
Largest secondary eventM 6.3
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Sequence timeline

Within first 24 hours17
Within first 7 days40
Observed duration13.4 d
Gap from reference eventM 1.0
0 h13.4 d
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Main-event impact

15 Felt reports · Shallow

61/100
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M4.5+ events in cluster

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 7.3New Britain region, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-18 13:34:59 UTCView event →
M 4.568 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-18 13:52:46 UTCView event →
M 4.969 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-18 14:01:44 UTCView event →
M 4.5122 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea40.1 km2010-07-18 14:27:00 UTCView event →
M 4.596 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-18 15:04:29 UTCView event →
M 4.657 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea43.0 km2010-07-18 15:19:46 UTCView event →
M 4.686 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea38.1 km2010-07-18 17:41:51 UTCView event →
M 4.884 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-18 19:19:36 UTCView event →
M 5.181 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea43.1 km2010-07-18 20:50:28 UTCView event →
M 4.5131 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea46.0 km2010-07-18 23:54:50 UTCView event →
M 4.6101 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 02:13:05 UTCView event →
M 4.989 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 02:32:09 UTCView event →
M 5.478 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 03:01:12 UTCView event →
M 5.072 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 07:24:41 UTCView event →
M 5.269 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.9 km2010-07-19 07:25:42 UTCView event →
M 4.5104 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 09:17:39 UTCView event →
M 5.081 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 10:36:59 UTCView event →
M 4.673 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 15:01:25 UTCView event →
M 4.6146 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 15:30:32 UTCView event →
M 5.2114 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea46.5 km2010-07-19 15:34:22 UTCView event →
M 4.5147 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea26.7 km2010-07-19 17:34:55 UTCView event →
M 4.795 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-19 18:41:13 UTCView event →
M 4.8101 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea63.7 km2010-07-19 23:22:03 UTCView event →
M 4.7121 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea42.4 km2010-07-20 12:22:29 UTCView event →
M 4.697 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-20 13:35:28 UTCView event →
M 6.374 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea24.0 km2010-07-20 19:18:20 UTCView event →
M 4.688 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-20 20:00:16 UTCView event →
M 5.680 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-20 20:31:08 UTCView event →
M 4.5110 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-21 06:18:56 UTCView event →
M 4.5106 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-21 22:21:42 UTCView event →
M 4.694 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-22 00:03:20 UTCView event →
M 5.193 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea41.0 km2010-07-22 03:54:28 UTCView event →
M 5.094 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-22 03:58:55 UTCView event →
M 4.8120 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-22 09:50:42 UTCView event →
M 4.794 km SE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea59.3 km2010-07-23 02:46:58 UTCView event →
M 4.574 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea54.9 km2010-07-23 03:11:02 UTCView event →
M 4.897 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea62.9 km2010-07-23 18:34:25 UTCView event →
M 4.7116 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea45.3 km2010-07-23 18:39:39 UTCView event →
M 5.144 km SE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea42.1 km2010-07-24 07:46:18 UTCView event →
M 5.0118 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea171.2 km2010-07-24 10:22:06 UTCView event →
M 5.0142 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea53.8 km2010-07-26 13:19:13 UTCView event →
M 4.765 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-27 17:05:36 UTCView event →
M 4.6106 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-27 23:44:03 UTCView event →
M 4.7173 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea65.2 km2010-07-28 21:51:04 UTCView event →
M 4.791 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea49.1 km2010-07-30 04:29:20 UTCView event →
M 5.467 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea35.0 km2010-07-31 04:28:19 UTCView event →
M 4.7169 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea45.3 km2010-07-31 05:40:13 UTCView event →
M 4.571 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea164.9 km2010-07-31 18:45:20 UTCView event →
M 5.2149 km SE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea43.2 km2010-07-31 23:12:56 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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