Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 17 km east of Gura Tabailenge Island, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 6 February 2019 at 11:55 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 17 km east of Gura Tabailenge Island, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 6 February 2019 at 11:55 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 20 km depth

6 Feb 12:05 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 11 minutes.
Feb 6 12:13: Magnitude recalculated from 4.7 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 34.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 34.0 to 20.0 km.
Date & time: 6 Feb 2019 11:55:07 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 20.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.36°N / 128.83°E (North Pacific Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Tarakan (109 km / 68 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
115 km (72 mi) NE of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
229 km (142 mi) NE of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
237 km (147 mi) NE of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
450 km (280 mi) NW of Sorong (pop: 125,500) --> See nearby quakes!
504 km (313 mi) SE of Sarangani (Davao del Sur, Philippines) (pop: 7,510) --> See nearby quakes!
523 km (325 mi) SE of Butulan (Philippines) (pop: 2,440) --> See nearby quakes!
531 km (330 mi) SE of Caburan (Davao del Sur, Philippines) (pop: 12,600) --> See nearby quakes!
548 km (341 mi) SE of Baliton (Sarangani, Philippines) (pop: 5,810) --> See nearby quakes!
559 km (347 mi) SE of Sapu Padidu (pop: 9,790) --> See nearby quakes!
2621 km (1629 mi) ENE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
17 km (10 mi) E of Gura Tabailenge Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 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 5.020 km HALMAHERA, INDONESIAEMSC
M 4.610 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaGFZ
M 5.034 km- 108km NE of Tobelo, IndonesiaUSGS
M 4.810 kmDaruba (3 MMI)BMKG

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, 17 km east of Gura Tabailenge Island, Indonesia, 6 February 2019 11:55 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (6 quakes):
  • 23 Mar 2019 00:47 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    31 km (19.3 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (10 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 14 Feb 2019 03:42 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    60 km (37.3 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 11 Feb 2019 15:07 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 07 Feb 2019 18:40 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 07 Feb 2019 10:48 UTC
    | M 4.3 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 07 Feb 2019 10:03 UTC
    | M 5.1 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    4 km (2 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 17 km east of Gura Tabailenge Island, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 6 February 2019 at 11:55 (GMT)
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