M5.1 earthquake · 97 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

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M6.4 quake southeast of Easter Island leads a busy two days of global tremors

The latest event was an M5.1 earthquake at 116 km depth north-northeast of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea, early on Friday. On Thursday the strongest was an M6.4 quake at 10 km depth southeast of Easter Island, followed by an M6.2 at 143 km depth east-southeast of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. Many other quakes of magnitude 5.0 to 5.8 struck across the Pacific, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Atlantic. USGS PAGER alert level was green wherever one was given.

• An M6.4 quake at 10 km depth struck southeast of Easter Island on Thursday; PAGER alert level green.
• An M6.2 quake at 143 km depth hit near Port-Olry, Vanuatu, on Thursday, with 4 felt reports. Vanuatu also had an M6.0 and an M5.6 northwest of Port-Olry on Wednesday.
• Three quakes of M5.4 to M5.8 hit east-northeast of Barcelona, Philippines, on Thursday.
• On Wednesday an M5.5 quake at 41 km depth near Asahi, Japan drew 59 felt reports, and a cluster of M5.0 to M5.5 quakes struck the Reykjanes Ridge.