Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - Banda Sea on Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - Banda Sea, 2511 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 9 December 2015 at 10:21 (GMT)

Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - Banda Sea, 2511 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 9 December 2015 at 10:21 (GMT)

Strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake at 12 km depth

9 Dec 10:26 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 4 minutes.
Dec 9 12:44: Magnitude recalculated from 6.7 to 6.8.
Date & time: 9 Dec 2015 10:21:46 UTC
Magnitude: 6.8
Depth: 12.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.18°S / 129.42°E (Banda Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Banda Api (62 km / 39 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
2511 km (1560 mi) E of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1015 joules (278 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.4 x 105 tons of TNT or 14.9 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 6.812 kmBanda SeaGFZ
M 7.045 km BANDA SEAEMSC
M 6.934 km- 106km SE of Amahai, IndonesiaUSGS
M 7.126 kmBanda SeaGeoAu

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User reports for this quake (4)

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yuma,az / Violent shaking (MMI IX) : my house fell down off of a cliff.
banda see (12263.6 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Oh my god this was really strong (reported through our app)
Kaimana (Indonesia, 471 km E of epicenter) : I felt it.. strong shaking.. (reported through EMSC)
Teluk Ambon (Indonesia, 157 km W of epicenter) : Strong shake in Ambon !!!! For about 6 seconds (reported through EMSC)
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Aftershocks of the 6.8 quake Banda Sea, 2511 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, 9 December 2015 10:21 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (62 quakes):
  • 30 May 2016 22:27 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    49 km (30.4 mi) depth
    |
    33 km (21 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 04 Apr 2016 21:05 UTC
    | M 4.2 |
    34 km (21.1 mi) depth
    |
    134 km (83 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 01 Apr 2016 18:25 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    25 km (15.5 mi) depth
    |
    145 km (90 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 30 Mar 2016 21:10 UTC
    | M 4.1 |
    102 km (63.4 mi) depth
    |
    38 km (23 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 30 Mar 2016 13:38 UTC
    | M 5.2 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 11 Mar 2016 13:13 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    99 km (62 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 06 Mar 2016 22:58 UTC
    | M 4.3 |
    223 km (138.6 mi) depth
    |
    120 km (75 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 23 Feb 2016 01:34 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    137 km (85.1 mi) depth
    |
    49 km (30 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 20 Feb 2016 01:26 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    43 km (26.7 mi) depth
    |
    141 km (87 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 18 Feb 2016 11:14 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    24 km (14.9 mi) depth
    |
    146 km (91 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 08 Jan 2016 18:56 UTC
    | M 4.2 |
    144.4 km (89.7 mi) depth
    |
    57 km (35 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 03 Jan 2016 21:26 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 28 Dec 2015 16:26 UTC
    | M 5.3 |
    19 km (11.8 mi) depth
    |
    119 km (74 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 24 Dec 2015 16:13 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    36 km (23 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 24 Dec 2015 06:03 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    32 km (20 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 24 Dec 2015 05:38 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    28 km (18 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
    • Show all

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Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900

Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - Banda Sea, 2511 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 9 December 2015 at 10:21 (GMT)

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