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Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Southern Molucca Sea on Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - Southern Molucca Sea on Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - Southern Molucca Sea on Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 60.0 to 54.0 km.
Date & time: Wed, 10 Sep 02:46:10 UTC
Magnitude: 6.2
Depth: 54.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.18°S / 125.09°E
Nearest volcano: Ambang (138 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 10 Sep
Wed, 10 Sep 02:46 UTCM 6.3 / 30 km MOLUCCA SEA[Map]EMSC
Wed, 10 Sep 02:46 UTCM 6.6 / 64 kmSouthern Molucca Sea[Map]GeoAu
Wed, 10 Sep 02:46 UTCM 6.2 / 30 km132km SE of Modayag, Indonesia[Map]USGS

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(shakemap: USGS)
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Manado / MMI V (Moderate shaking): I felt it because i was on 3rd floor of our office building. We rushed downstairs and i started find information about it from the web
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 10 Sep 05:16 UTCM 5.8 / 76 km - [info] (142 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 10 Sep 05:19 UTCM 5.7 / 63 km - [info] (84 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 10 Sep 05:59 UTCM 4.9 / 58 km - [info] (143 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 10 Sep 07:30 UTCM 5.0 / 56 km - [info] (143 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 10 Sep 09:33 UTCM 5.4 / 58 km - [info] (143 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 10 Sep 11:49 UTCM 4.7 / 53 km - [info] (139 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Fri, 12 Sep
Fri, 12 Sep 05:00 UTCM 4.7 / 60 km - [info] (133 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Fri, 12 Sep 07:33 UTCM 4.8 / 133 km - [info] (110 km)Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 13 Sep
Sat, 13 Sep 08:22 UTCM 4.2 / 35 km - [info] (150 km)149km SE of Lolayan, Indonesia[Map]USGS
Sat, 13 Sep 12:19 UTCM 4.5 / 81 km - [info] (157 km) MOLUCCA SEA
[Map]		EMSC
Fri, 3 Oct
Fri, 3 Oct 00:23 UTCM 4.2 / 37.1 km - [info] (190 km)164km NNE of Dofa, Indonesia[Map]USGS
Wed, 8 Oct
Wed, 8 Oct 14:31 UTCM 4.7 / 64 km - [info] (104 km)Southern Molucca Sea[Map]GFZ
Tue, 4 Nov
Tue, 4 Nov 04:19 UTCM 4.8 / 137 km - [info] (112 km)Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi[Map]GFZ
Sat, 15 Nov
Sat, 15 Nov 03:08 UTCM 5.8 / 104 km - [info] (127 km)Southern Molucca Sea
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 22 Nov
Sat, 22 Nov 04:34 UTCM 4.7 / 71 km - [info] (117 km)Northern Molucca Sea[Map]GFZ
Mon, 8 Dec
Mon, 8 Dec 20:54 UTCM 4.5 / 71 km - [info] (111 km) MOLUCCA SEA[Map]EMSC
Fri, 19 Dec
Fri, 19 Dec 09:14 UTCM 4.4 / 40.4 km - [info] (185 km)57km NE of Luwuk, Indonesia
[Map]		USGS
Sun, 21 Dec
Sun, 21 Dec 23:01 UTCM 4.7 / 54 km - [info] (141 km)Southern Molucca Sea[Map]GFZ
Mon, 22 Dec
Mon, 22 Dec 21:20 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info] (110 km)Southern Molucca Sea[Map]GFZ
Mon, 22 Dec 21:20 UTCM 4.2 / 68.6 km - [info] (106 km)158km NW of Laiwui, Indonesia[Map]USGS
Wed, 24 Dec
Wed, 24 Dec 13:40 UTCM 4.9 / 117 km - [info] (111 km)Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
[Map]		GFZ

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