Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 171 km southeast of Gorontalo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 11:23 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 171 km southeast of Gorontalo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 11:23 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 60 km depth

11 Dec 11:42 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 19 minutes.
Date & time: 11 Dec 2018 11:23:24 UTC
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 60.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.18°S / 124.42°E (Maluku Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Ambang (102 km / 63 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
171 km (106 mi) ESE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
172 km (107 mi) SSW of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
174 km (108 mi) SSW of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
191 km (119 mi) SSW of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
201 km (125 mi) ENE of Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> See nearby quakes!
201 km (125 mi) SSW of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
347 km (216 mi) WSW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
364 km (226 mi) WSW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
472 km (294 mi) NNE of Kendari (pop: 195,000) --> See nearby quakes!
573 km (356 mi) NW of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 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 5.260 kmMOLUCCA SEAEMSC
M 5.271 km- 81km SE of Molibagu, IndonesiaUSGS
M 5.410 kmBolaang Mongondow Timur (3 MMI)BMKG
M 5.371 kmSouthern Molucca SeaGeoAu

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Indonesia / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) : vv scawy
192.7 km NNE of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):
  • 03 Feb 2019 09:04 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 25 Dec 2018 06:17 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 19 Dec 2018 11:25 UTC
    | M 5.1 |
    59.4 km (36.9 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | GeoAu | Details

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