Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Southern Molucca Sea on Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 187 km south of Manado, Sulawesi Baroh, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 10 September 2014 at 02:46 (GMT)
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Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 54 km depth
10 Sep 02:50 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 4 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 60.0 to 54.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 60.0 to 54.0 km.
Date & time: 10 Sep 2014 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 / 86 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
166 km (103 mi) S of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
169 km (105 mi) S of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
182 km (113 mi) S of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
187 km (116 mi) S of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
239 km (149 mi) ESE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
270 km (168 mi) ENE of Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> See nearby quakes!
277 km (172 mi) WSW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
293 km (182 mi) WSW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
510 km (317 mi) NE of Kendari (pop: 195,000) --> See nearby quakes!
521 km (324 mi) NW of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1014 joules (35 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 30089 tons of TNT or 1.9 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 6.2 | 54 km | Southern Molucca Sea | GFZ |
M 6.3 | 30 km | MOLUCCA SEA | EMSC |
M 6.6 | 64 km | Southern Molucca Sea | GeoAu |
M 6.2 | 30 km | 132km SE of Modayag, Indonesia | USGS |
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Manado / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : 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
Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (16 quakes):- 02 Mar 2015 01:40 UTC| M 5.0 |91 km (56.5 mi) depth|69 km (43 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 01 Mar 2015 03:32 UTC| M 5.4 |94 km (58.4 mi) depth|71 km (44 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 04 Feb 2015 17:41 UTC| M 5.2 |62 km (38.5 mi) depth|2 km (1 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 19 Jan 2015 09:55 UTC| M 4.6 |49 km (30.4 mi) depth|30 km (19 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 21 Dec 2014 23:01 UTC| M 4.7 |54 km (33.6 mi) depth|15 km (9 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 08 Dec 2014 20:54 UTC| M 4.5 |71 km (44.1 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 08 Oct 2014 14:31 UTC| M 4.7 |64 km (39.8 mi) depth|49 km (30 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 13 Sep 2014 12:19 UTC| M 4.5 |81 km (50.3 mi) depth|31 km (19 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 13 Sep 2014 08:22 UTC| M 4.2 |35 km (21.7 mi) depth|24 km (15 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 12 Sep 2014 05:00 UTC| M 4.7 |60 km (37.3 mi) depth|15 km (9 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Sep 2014 11:49 UTC| M 4.7 |53 km (32.9 mi) depth|14 km (9 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Sep 2014 09:33 UTC| M 5.4 |58 km (36 mi) depth|11 km (7 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Sep 2014 07:30 UTC| M 5.0 |56 km (34.8 mi) depth|14 km (8 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Sep 2014 05:59 UTC| M 4.9 |58 km (36 mi) depth|22 km (14 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Sep 2014 05:19 UTC| M 5.7 |63 km (39.1 mi) depth|19 km (12 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Sep 2014 05:16 UTC| M 5.8 |76 km (47.2 mi) depth|18 km (11 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900
- Date / time UTC| Mag |Depth|Age|Distance| Details
- 29 Nov 1998 14:10| 7.7 |33km / 21mi|22 years ago|211km / 131mi| Banda Sea, 24 km SE of Pulau Woyo Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia
- 14 May 1932 13:11| 7.7 |15km / 9.3mi|89 years ago|109km / 68mi| Maluku Sea, 127 km SE of Bitung, Sulawesi Baroh, Indonesia
- 04 May 2000 04:21| 7.6 |26km / 16mi|21 years ago|198km / 123mi| Maluku Sea, 32 km E of Pulau Bakalanpauno Island, Sulawesi Centrale, Indonesia
- 10 Aug 1968 02:07| 7.6 |23km / 14mi|53 years ago|227km / 141mi| Maluku Sea, 59 km N of Pulau Gureda Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia
- 21 Jan 2007 11:27| 7.5 |22km / 14mi|14 years ago|192km / 119mi| Maluku Sea, 126 km W of Ternate, Maluku Utara, Indonesia
- 24 Feb 2001 07:23| 7.1 |35km / 22mi|20 years ago|207km / 128mi| Maluku Sea, 120 km E of Bitung, Sulawesi Baroh, Indonesia
- 03 May 1925 17:21| 7.1 |15km / 9.3mi|96 years ago|204km / 127mi| Maluku Sea, 127 km E of Bitung, Sulawesi Baroh, Indonesia
- 13 Apr 1985 03:00| 7.0 |51km / 32mi|36 years ago|249km / 154mi| Maluku Sea, 137 km E of Bitung, Sulawesi Baroh, Indonesia
- 12 Jun 1947 09:02| 7.0 |15km / 9.3mi|74 years ago|194km / 121mi| Maluku Sea, 24 km N of Pulau Gureda Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia
- 05 Oct 1936 09:44| 7.0 |15km / 9.3mi|84 years ago|247km / 153mi| Maluku Sea, 131 km E of Bitung, Sulawesi Baroh, Indonesia
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