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Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - Banda Sea, 381 km south of Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 23:40 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 60 km depth

15 Jan 23:51 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 11 minutes.
Jan 16 00:00: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 4.9.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 47.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 47.0 to 60.0 km.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 15, 2019 23:40:39 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.9
Depth	60.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	7.02°S / 129°E (Banda Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	7.02°N / 51°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Teon (17 km / 11 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	277 km (172 mi) NE of Lospalos (Timor-Leste) (pop: 17,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 324 km (201 mi) ENE of Baucau (Timor-Leste) (pop: 16,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 341 km (212 mi) ENE of Venilale (Timor-Leste) (pop: 16,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 355 km (221 mi) NE of Viqueque (Timor-Leste) (pop: 6,080) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 369 km (229 mi) ENE of Manatutu (Timor-Leste) (pop: 1,920) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 381 km (237 mi) SSE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 415 km (258 mi) ENE of Delhi (Timor-Leste) (pop: 150,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 423 km (263 mi) ENE of Aileu (Timor-Leste) (pop: 17,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 436 km (271 mi) ENE of Gleno (Timor-Leste) (pop: 8,130) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 443 km (275 mi) ENE of Ainaro (Timor-Leste) (pop: 12,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.4 x 10¹² joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.9	60 km	KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.9	10 km	Banda Sea	GFZ
5.2	39 km	Banda Sea	GeoAu
4.9	47 km	- 267km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Kappang, Sulawesi, Indonesia (KAPI/II network) | Distance from quake: 1047 km / 650 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Kappang, Sulawesi, Indonesia: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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