Strong Mag. 6.0 Earthquake - 422 km West of Hollandia, Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 at 3:17 am (GMT +9)

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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 422 km west of Jayapura, Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021 3:17 am (GMT +9)

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 422 km west of Hollandia, Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 at 3:17 am (GMT +9)

Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 56 km depth

12 Jan 18:28 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.
12 Jan 18:30: Now using data updates from BMKG
12 Jan 18:35: Magnitude recalculated from 5.5 to 5.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 58.0 to 55.0 km (from 36 to 34 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.5 km (1.5 mi) towards SSW.
12 Jan 18:45: Magnitude recalculated from 5.6 to 6.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 55.0 to 56.0 km (from 34 to 35 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards W.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 12, 2021 18:17:40 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 at 3:17 am (GMT +9)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6
Depth	56.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	2.94°S / 136.94°E (Papua, Indonesia)
Antipode	2.94°N / 43.06°W
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	167 km (103 mi) ENE of Nabire (Papua) (pop: 43,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 394 km (245 mi) SE of Manokwari (West Papua) (pop: 53,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 422 km (262 mi) W of Hollandia (Papua) (pop: 134,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 21.6°C (71 F), humidity: 100%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from W
Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹³ joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.0	56 km	Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia	BMKG
5.9	60 km	PAPUA, INDONESIA	EMSC
5.9	47 km	Irian Jaya, Indonesia	GFZ
6.1	20 km	Irian Jaya, Indonesia [Land: Indonesia]	INGV
5.9	49 km	Papua, Indonesia	GeoAu
5.9	28 km	152 Km E of Nabire, Indonesia	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 12268 km / 7623 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Ubud / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Frot it string un ubud | 3 users found this interesting.

Michigan / not felt / single vertical bump

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (4 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Jun 10, 2021 06:06 1 year 41 weeks ago	4.3 10 km	148 km NE of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia	More
Apr 13, 2021 12:54 1 year 50 weeks ago	4.1 37 km	150 km E of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia	More
Mar 24, 2021 06:14 2 years ago	3.6 23 km	132 km NE of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia	More
Mar 11, 2021 13:57 2 years ago	4.5 10 km	224 km E of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia	More

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