Latest quakes near Bagana volcano since 2017 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 16, 2024 21:48 GMT - refresh

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There were no significant confirmed earthquakes near Bagana volcano in the past 7 days.

Since 2017, Bagana volcano has had 14 quakes of magnitudes above 4 and up to 7.9:

1 quake above magnitude 7
3 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
10 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2017, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (18 quakes):

Latest quakes near Bagana volcano since 2017 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 1, 12:39 pm (Bougainville)	5.1 150 km	16 km (10.2 mi) to the SW	45 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	Info
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
May 16, 2023 07:31 pm (Bougainville)	4.4 139 km	13 km (8.1 mi) to the SW	Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Region, P.n.g.	Info
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 26, 2023 01:12 am (Bougainville)	4.8 159 km	7.1 km (4.4 mi) to the NW	Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea	Info
Thursday, October 27, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 27, 2022 12:36 pm (Bougainville)	4.4 128 km	22 km (13 mi) to the S	Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Region, P.n.g.	Info
Friday, August 26, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 27, 2022 10:20 am (Bougainville)	4.7 131 km	22 km (14 mi) to the SW	42 Km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea	Info
Monday, October 19, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 20, 2020 09:30 am (Bougainville)	4.5 60 km	17 km (10.5 mi) to the SW	Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Region, P.n.g.	Info
Friday, October 4, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 5, 2019 04:03 am (Bougainville)	5.0 199 km	15 km (9.4 mi) to the SW	Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)	Info
Thursday, July 18, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 18, 2019 11:46 pm (Bougainville)	4.5 231 km	10 km (6.2 mi) to the NE	Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)	Info
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 14, 2018 05:26 am (Bougainville)	4.8 209 km	9.2 km (5.7 mi) to the SE	Solomon Islands	Info
Sunday, March 11, 2018 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 11, 2018 07:18 pm (Bougainville)	4.6 108 km	22 km (14 mi) to the SW	- 49km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 1 report	Info
Saturday, September 16, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 16, 2017 11:36 pm (Bougainville)	5.0 104 km	25 km (15 mi) to the SW	Solomon Islands	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 4.5 x 10¹⁶ joules (12412 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.1 x 10⁷ tons of TNT or 667.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1.6 quakes on average per year near Bagana volcano:

Mag. 6 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years)
Mag. 5 or higher: 0.26 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.8 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 1.33 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 1.37 quakes per year
Mag. 2 or higher: 1.37 quakes per year

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Bagana Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTINOUS VA EMISSION TO FL100 MOV W OBS VA DTG: 21/0050Z to 10000 ft (3000 m)

Satellite image of Bagana volcano on 21 Mar 2024

Wed, 6 Dec 2023, 15:00

Bagana volcano (Bougainville, Papua New Guinea) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 29 November-5 December 2023 (Continuing Activity)

The Darwin VAAC reported that an ash plume was detected in satellite data acquired by the Himawari-9 satellite on 29 November at 2030 UTC. The plume rose as high as 2.1 km a.s.l. and drifted N and NE. The plume dissipated by 0250 UTC on 30 November. ... Read all