Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Banda Sea, 433 km southeast of Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 26 March 2017 at 19:14 (GMT)
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Aftershocks | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Indonesia | Lautém | Maluku | Baucau | Viqueque | Jakarta
Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 145 km depth
26 Mar 19:18 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 3 minutes.
Mar 26 19:20: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 160.0 to 145.0 km.
Mar 26 19:20: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 160.0 to 145.0 km.
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 145.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.19°S / 129.9°E
(Banda Sea, Indonesia)Nearest volcano: Nila (68 km / 42 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
352 km (219 mi) ENE of Lospalos (Timor-Leste) (pop: 17,200) --> See nearby quakes!
360 km (224 mi) WSW of Tual (pop: 39,500) --> See nearby quakes!
405 km (252 mi) ENE of Baucau (Timor-Leste) (pop: 16,000) --> See nearby quakes!
420 km (261 mi) ENE of Venilale (Timor-Leste) (pop: 16,000) --> See nearby quakes!
431 km (268 mi) ENE of Viqueque (Timor-Leste) (pop: 6,080) --> See nearby quakes!
433 km (269 mi) SSE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
2549 km (1584 mi) E of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) S of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island --> See nearby quakes!
173 km (108 mi) WNW of Pulau Yamdena Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.0 | 145 km | Banda Sea | GFZ |
| M 5.2 | 147 km | KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| M 5.3 | 136 km | Banda Sea | GeoAu |
| M 5.2 | 119 km | - 194km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia | USGS |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
So far, no aftershocks have been registered.
Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake Banda Sea, 433 km southeast of Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia, 26 March 2017 19:14 GMT
More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quakes):So far, no aftershocks have been registered.
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Banda Sea, 433 km southeast of Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 26 March 2017 at 19:14 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
