Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Banda Sea on Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Banda Sea on Wednesday, 6 August 2014
6 Aug 11:49 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 4 minutes.
Aug 6 11:53: Magnitude recalculated from 6.2 to 6.1.
Aug 6 11:53: Magnitude recalculated from 6.2 to 6.1.
Magnitude: 6.1
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.29°S / 128.1°E
(Indonesia)Nearest volcano: Wurlali (65 km / 40 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
182 km (113 mi) NE of Lospalos (pop: 17,200)
2351 km (1461 mi) E of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) [learn more]
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source |
| Wed, 6 Aug 11:45 UTC | M 6.1 / 10 km | Banda Sea | GFZ |
| Wed, 6 Aug 11:45 UTC | M 6.2 / 10 km | KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| Wed, 6 Aug 11:45 UTC | M 6.1 / 10 km | Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia | USGS |
(shakemap: USGS)
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (modified Mercalli) scale.
Aftershocks of the 6.1 quake: Banda Sea, 6 Aug 2014 11h45
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List of recorded aftershocks, latest first (17 quakes):- 16 Jan 2015 23:55 UTC| M 4.3 |134.9 km (83.8 mi) depth|45 km (28 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 06 Dec 2014 06:32 UTC| M 4.5 |166.6 km (103.5 mi) depth|40 km (25 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 05 Dec 2014 10:43 UTC| M 5.1 |258 km (160.3 mi) depth|50 km (31 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 02 Dec 2014 13:29 UTC| M 4.7 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|56 km (35 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 01 Dec 2014 07:07 UTC| M 4.8 |295 km (183.3 mi) depth|56 km (35 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 24 Nov 2014 03:50 UTC| M 4.5 |160 km (99.4 mi) depth|49 km (31 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 09 Nov 2014 10:05 UTC| M 4.7 |154 km (95.7 mi) depth|49 km (30 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 04 Oct 2014 12:45 UTC| M 4.7 |177 km (110 mi) depth|55 km (34 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 02 Oct 2014 08:00 UTC| M 4.8 |160 km (99.4 mi) depth|66 km (41 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 20 Sep 2014 11:10 UTC| M 4.7 |130 km (80.8 mi) depth|65 km (40 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 03 Sep 2014 00:50 UTC| M 4.2 |265 km (164.7 mi) depth|63 km (39 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 28 Aug 2014 06:23 UTC| M 6.0 |136 km (84.5 mi) depth|55 km (34 mi) distance| GeoAu | Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Banda Sea on Thursday, 28 August 2014
- 28 Aug 2014 06:23 UTC| M 5.4 |122 km (75.8 mi) depth|53 km (33 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 15 Aug 2014 12:34 UTC| M 4.7 |22 km (13.7 mi) depth|60 km (38 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 06 Aug 2014 15:16 UTC| M 5.1 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|10 km (6 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 06 Aug 2014 14:30 UTC| M 4.5 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|15 km (9 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 06 Aug 2014 13:05 UTC| M 4.9 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|11 km (7 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
Map of aftershocks
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