Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Banda Sea, 58 km east of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia, on Saturday, 6 December 2014 at 22:05 (GMT) - 2 user experience reports / VolcanoDiscovery

Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Banda Sea on Saturday, 6 December 2014

Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Banda Sea, 58 km east of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia, on Saturday, 6 December 2014 at 22:05 (GMT)

Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 142 km depth

6 Dec 22:09 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 4 minutes.
Dec 7 00:10: Magnitude recalculated from 6.0 to 6.1.

Date & time: 6 Dec 2014 22:05:13 UTC
Magnitude: 6.1
Depth: 142.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.21°S / 130.5°E

(Banda Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Serua (71 km / 44 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
257 km (160 mi) WSW of Tual (pop: 39,500) --> See nearby quakes!
364 km (226 mi) SSE of Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
380 km (236 mi) SE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
389 km (242 mi) SW of Mas (pop: 320) --> See nearby quakes!
464 km (288 mi) NE of Lospalos (Timor-Leste) (pop: 17,200) --> See nearby quakes!
512 km (318 mi) ENE of Baucau (Timor-Leste) (pop: 16,000) --> See nearby quakes!
2615 km (1625 mi) E of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
58 km (36 mi) E of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island --> See nearby quakes!
360 km (224 mi) SSE of Seram Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 10¹³ joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) More info

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Magnitude	Depth	Location	Source
M 6.1	142 km	Banda Sea	GFZ
M 6.0	131 km	BANDA SEA	EMSC
M 6.0	120 km	Banda Sea	GeoAu
M 6.0	117 km	222km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia	USGS

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Aftershocks of the 6.1 quake Banda Sea, 58 km east of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia, 6 December 2014 22:05 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (9 quakes):

01 Jun 2015 10:28 UTC
| M 4.8 |
128 km (79.5 mi) depth
|
26 km (16 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
08 Apr 2015 13:49 UTC
| M 4.7 |
152 km (94.4 mi) depth
|
9 km (6 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
04 Apr 2015 17:48 UTC
| M 5.0 |
126 km (78.3 mi) depth
|
34 km (21 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
20 Mar 2015 17:11 UTC
| M 4.6 |
137 km (85.1 mi) depth
|
21 km (13 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
15 Mar 2015 14:22 UTC
| M 5.3 |
10 km (6.2 mi) depth
|
40 km (25 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
16 Feb 2015 03:27 UTC
| M 4.3 |
135.6 km (84.3 mi) depth
|
8 km (5 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
25 Jan 2015 17:01 UTC
| M 4.8 |
133 km (82.6 mi) depth
|
35 km (22 mi) distance
| GFZ | Details
22 Jan 2015 21:10 UTC
| M 4.3 |
128.5 km (79.8 mi) depth
|
50 km (31 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
08 Dec 2014 18:04 UTC
| M 4.3 |
159.5 km (99.1 mi) depth
|
27 km (17 mi) distance
| USGS | Details