M6.3 earthquake - 112km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia, Monday, 8 October 2012 at 11:43 (GMT) Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - 112km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia
Date & time: Mon, 8 Oct 11:43:35 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 20:43
Magnitude: 6.3
Depth: 34.72 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.442°S / 129.165°E
[Map]
Nearest volcano:
Banda Api (79 km)
Primary data source:
USGS
Time Mag. / Depth Location Map Source Mon, 8 Oct Mon, 8 Oct 11:43 UTC M 6.3 / 10 km BANDA SEA [Map] EMSC Mon, 8 Oct 11:43 UTC M 6.2 / 39 km Banda Sea [Map] GFZ Mon, 8 Oct 11:43 UTC M 6.3 Banda Sea [Map] GeoAu Mon, 8 Oct 11:43 UTC M 6.3 / 35 km Banda Sea [Map] BMKG
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Time Mag. / Depth Location Map Source Tue, 23 Apr Tue, 23 Apr 03:21 UTC M 4.5 / 106 km - [info ] ( 79 km) 4.5 BANDA SEAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Fri, 12 Apr Fri, 12 Apr 22:48 UTC M 4.2 / 212 km - [info ] BANDA SEAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Sat, 23 Mar Sat, 23 Mar 14:25 UTC M 4.6 / 121 km - [info ] ( 156 km) 4.6 SERAM, INDONESIAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Wed, 20 Mar Wed, 20 Mar 14:39 UTC M 4.4 / 10 km - [info ] 4.4 SERAM, INDONESIAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Wed, 20 Mar 05:17 UTC M 4.6 / 72.6 km - [info ] ( 288 km) 55km SE of Namlea, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Fri, 15 Mar Fri, 15 Mar 19:11 UTC M 4.1 / 10 km - [info ] ( 127 km) 4.1 SERAM, INDONESIAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Mon, 4 Mar Mon, 4 Mar 05:48 UTC M 4.6 / 10 km - [info ] 4.6 SERAM, INDONESIAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Sun, 3 Mar Sun, 3 Mar 06:37 UTC M 4.6 / 10 km - [info ] 4.6 SERAM, INDONESIAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Sun, 10 Feb Sun, 10 Feb 00:38 UTC M 4.9 / 47.5 km - [info ] ( 128 km) 234km NW of Tual, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS
Sacramento California / MMI III (Weak shaking):
Trinidad / MMI IV (Light shaking): was aawakened
Trinidad, Saint Augustine / MMI II (Very weak shaking):
Mon, 28 Jan Mon, 28 Jan 04:02 UTC M 4.4 / 235 km - [info ] ( 71 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] GFZ Mon, 28 Jan 04:02 UTC M 4.8 / 231.4 km - [info ] ( 64 km) 171km SSE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Sun, 30 Dec Sun, 30 Dec 07:13 UTC M 5.2 / 117 km - [info ] Seram, Indonesia, Borneo - CelebesI FELT IT [Map] GeoAu Wed, 26 Dec Wed, 26 Dec 14:17 UTC M 4.1 / 131 km - [info ] Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Wed, 26 Dec 09:52 UTC M 3.5 / 22 km - [info ] Seram, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Sun, 9 Dec Sun, 9 Dec 17:29 UTC M 2.8 / 132 km - [info ] Seram, Indonesia [Map] BMKG Sat, 8 Dec Sat, 8 Dec 22:55 UTC M 4.4 / 37 km - [info ] Seram, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] GFZ Thu, 29 Nov Thu, 29 Nov 15:07 UTC M 3.4 / 254 km - [info ] Banda Api () Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Wed, 28 Nov Wed, 28 Nov 08:56 UTC M 5.5 / 56 km - [info ] ( 92 km) 183km W of Tual, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 26 Nov Mon, 26 Nov 04:33 UTC M 3.9 / 46 km - [info ] Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Wed, 21 Nov Wed, 21 Nov 06:40 UTC M 3.9 / 10 km - [info ] Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 19 Nov Mon, 19 Nov 16:13 UTC M 3.4 / 21 km - [info ] Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Tue, 13 Nov Tue, 13 Nov 04:32 UTC M 2.8 / 13 km - [info ] Seram, Indonesia [Map] BMKG Tue, 13 Nov 04:32 UTC M 2.8 / 13 km - [info ] Seram, Indonesia [Map] BMKG Wed, 7 Nov Wed, 7 Nov 16:19 UTC M 3.4 / 40 km - [info ] Seram, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Sun, 4 Nov Sun, 4 Nov 19:37 UTC M 3.6 / 423 km - [info ] Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Sat, 3 Nov Sat, 3 Nov 21:05 UTC M 2.9 / 10 km - [info ] Banda Sea [Map] BMKG Tue, 30 Oct Tue, 30 Oct 15:15 UTC M 3.3 / 140 km - [info ] ( 143 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Tue, 30 Oct 08:13 UTC M 4.7 / 10 km - [info ] ( 72 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Tue, 30 Oct 05:21 UTC M 4.3 / 10 km - [info ] ( 70 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Fri, 26 Oct Fri, 26 Oct 16:51 UTC M 3.2 / 11 km - [info ] Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Sun, 21 Oct Sun, 21 Oct 19:14 UTC M 4.3 / 365 km - [info ] ( 194 km) 189km S of Amahusu, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Fri, 19 Oct Fri, 19 Oct 10:39 UTC M 2.8 / 10 km - [info ] ( 279 km) Seram, Indonesia [Map] BMKG Thu, 11 Oct Thu, 11 Oct 17:09 UTC M 4.4 / 10 km - [info ] ( 59 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Thu, 11 Oct 14:16 UTC M 3.7 / 19 km - [info ] ( 78 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Thu, 11 Oct 00:30 UTC M 3.7 / 24 km - [info ] ( 96 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Wed, 10 Oct Wed, 10 Oct 13:54 UTC M 3.9 / 10 km - [info ] ( 66 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Tue, 9 Oct Tue, 9 Oct 20:09 UTC M 3.3 / 23 km - [info ] ( 82 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Tue, 9 Oct 18:34 UTC M 4.7 / 52 km - [info ] ( 70 km) 119km SSE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct (14 earthquakes)Mon, 8 Oct 23:05 UTC M 4.0 / 35 km - [info ] ( 63 km) 126km SE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct 23:05 UTC M 4.5 / 10 km - [info ] ( 72 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 8 Oct 22:56 UTC M 3.4 / 10 km - [info ] ( 64 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 8 Oct 22:51 UTC M 3.7 / 10 km - [info ] ( 63 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 8 Oct 22:26 UTC M 4.9 / 34.7 km - [info ] ( 62 km) 125km SE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct 18:47 UTC M 4.1 / 10 km - [info ] ( 72 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 8 Oct 14:38 UTC M 4.0 / 34 km - [info ] ( 89 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 8 Oct 14:19 UTC M 4.4 / 35 km - [info ] ( 72 km) 115km SSE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct 13:10 UTC M 4.5 / 35 km - [info ] ( 60 km) 126km SE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct 12:30 UTC M 4.6 / 10 km - [info ] ( 66 km) 4.6 BANDA SEAI FELT IT [Map] EMSC Mon, 8 Oct 12:20 UTC M 4.8 / 34.9 km - [info ] ( 72 km) 119km SSE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct 12:14 UTC M 4.4 / 10 km - [info ] ( 69 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG Mon, 8 Oct 12:00 UTC M 4.9 / 61.3 km - [info ] ( 66 km) 125km SSE of Saparua, IndonesiaI FELT IT [Map] USGS Mon, 8 Oct 11:55 UTC M 4.9 / 22 km - [info ] ( 48 km) Banda SeaI FELT IT [Map] BMKG
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