Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 48 km northwest of Pulau Salo Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 11 November 2018 at 07:13 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 48 km northwest of Pulau Salo Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 11 November 2018 at 07:13 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 105 km depth

11 Nov 07:22 UTC: First to report: GeoAu after 9 minutes.
Date & time: 11 Nov 2018 07:13:40 UTC
Magnitude: 5.6
Depth: 104.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.38°N / 127.081°E (Maluku Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Todoko-Ranu (46 km / 29 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
74 km (46 mi) NNW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (55 mi) NW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
110 km (69 mi) WSW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
210 km (131 mi) E of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
235 km (146 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> See nearby quakes!
241 km (150 mi) E of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
248 km (154 mi) E of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
253 km (157 mi) E of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
457 km (284 mi) ENE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
482 km (300 mi) SSE of Sarangani (Davao del Sur, Philippines) (pop: 7,510) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GeoAu (Geoscience Australia )
Estimated released energy: 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.6105 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaGeoAu
M 5.599 kmManado (2 MMI)BMKG

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ternate / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : it was very frightning
212.2 km W of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
244.2 km W of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):
  • 04 Jan 2019 23:14 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    131 km (81.4 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 16 Nov 2018 01:31 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    126.9 km (78.9 mi) depth
    |
    22 km (14 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details

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