Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Northern Molucca Sea on Sunday, 15 April 2018 - information

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 95 km northwest of Ternate, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 15 April 2018 at 19:30 (GMT)

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 95 km northwest of Ternate, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 15 April 2018 at 19:30 (GMT)

Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 62 km depth

Date & time: 15 Apr 2018 19:30:45 UTC
Magnitude: 6
Depth: 62.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.47°N / 126.87°E (Maluku Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Todoko-Ranu (71 km / 44 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
95 km (59 mi) NW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
112 km (69 mi) NW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
130 km (81 mi) WSW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
187 km (116 mi) E of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
211 km (131 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> See nearby quakes!
218 km (136 mi) E of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) E of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
230 km (143 mi) E of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
436 km (271 mi) ENE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
465 km (289 mi) SSE of Sarangani (Davao del Sur, Philippines) (pop: 7,510) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 6.062 kmNorthern Molucca SeaGFZ

User reports for this quake (4)

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95.1 km SE of epicenter [Map] / Very strong shaking (MMI VII) (reported through our app)
94.2 km SE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Slovenj Gradec / not felt : Im not feeling anything
95.5 km SE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (10 quakes):
  • 06 Oct 2018 10:37 UTC
    | M 4.2 |
    63.6 km (39.5 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (14 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 06 Aug 2018 05:44 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    129 km (80.2 mi) depth
    |
    50 km (31 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 05 Aug 2018 04:22 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    53 km (32.9 mi) depth
    |
    58 km (36 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 09 Jul 2018 22:31 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    130 km (80.8 mi) depth
    |
    60 km (37 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 02 Jun 2018 17:42 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    80.3 km (49.9 mi) depth
    |
    25 km (15 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 31 May 2018 18:26 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    104 km (64.6 mi) depth
    |
    32 km (20 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 12 May 2018 18:15 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    41 km (25.5 mi) depth
    |
    32 km (20 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 01 May 2018 21:09 UTC
    | M 5.2 |
    64 km (39.8 mi) depth
    |
    56 km (35 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 17 Apr 2018 02:39 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    71 km (44.1 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 17 Apr 2018 02:39 UTC
    | M 5.2 |
    97 km (60.3 mi) depth
    |
    32 km (20 mi) distance
    | GeoAu | Details

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