Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 61 km west of Nusa Sidanga Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Thursday, 21 January 2016 at 08:16 (GMT)

Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 61 km west of Nusa Sidanga Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Thursday, 21 January 2016 at 08:16 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 112 km depth

21 Jan 08:21 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 4 minutes.
Jan 21 08:29: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.7.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 114.0 to 112.0 km.
Date & time: 21 Jan 2016 08:16:51 UTC
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 112.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.65°N / 126.94°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Gamkonora (76 km / 47 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
108 km (67 mi) NNW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
119 km (74 mi) W of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
123 km (76 mi) NW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
196 km (122 mi) E of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
219 km (136 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> See nearby quakes!
229 km (142 mi) E of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
233 km (145 mi) E of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
240 km (149 mi) E of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
2397 km (1489 mi) ENE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
61 km (38 mi) W of Nusa Sidanga Island --> See nearby quakes!
210 km (131 mi) WSW of Gura Tabailenge Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.7112 kmNorthern Molucca SeaGFZ
M 5.0116 km MOLUCCA SEAEMSC
M 5.0110 km- 101km NNW of Kota Ternate, IndonesiaUSGS
M 5.0116 kmNorthern Molucca SeaGeoAu

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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 61 km west of Nusa Sidanga Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Thursday, 21 January 2016 at 08:16 (GMT)
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