Moderate magnitude 5.7 earthquake at 132 km depth
9 Jul 13:36 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.
9 Jul 13:37: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 102.0 to 100.0 km (from 63 to 62 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4 km (2.5 mi) towards NW.
... [show all] ...9 Jul 13:39: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 100.0 to 134.0 km (from 62 to 83 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 7.5 km (4.6 mi) towards NNW.
9 Jul 13:40: Now using data updates from BMKG
9 Jul 13:45: Magnitude recalculated from 5.8 to 5.7. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 106.0 to 132.0 km (from 66 to 82 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 11 km (7 mi) towards NNW.
Update Fri, 9 Jul 2021, 13:42
Moderate yet deep 5.8 quake hits near Gorontalo, Indonesia
5.8 quake 9 Jul 9:31 pm (GMT +8)
Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 5.8 quake in Indonesia near Gorontalo, only 11 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the evening on Friday 9 July 2021 at 9:31 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 106 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 6.2. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 6.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Gorontalo (pop. 144,200) located 95 km from the epicenter.
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