Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 17 km northeast of Pulau Wayatimu Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 18 September 2019 at 03:58 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 17 km northeast of Pulau Wayatimu Island, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 18 September 2019 at 03:58 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 36 km depth

18 Sep 04:06 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Sep 18 04:11: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 36.0 km.
Date & time: 18 Sep 2019 03:58:53 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 36.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.62°S / 127.98°E (Maluku Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Bibinoi (41 km / 25 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
158 km (98 mi) SSE of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
170 km (106 mi) SSE of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
261 km (162 mi) S of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
320 km (199 mi) NNW of Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
343 km (213 mi) N of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
366 km (227 mi) W of Sorong (pop: 125,500) --> See nearby quakes!
387 km (240 mi) SE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
403 km (250 mi) ESE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
414 km (257 mi) ESE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
419 km (261 mi) ESE of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> 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
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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 5.036 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaGFZ
M 5.130 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaEMSC
M 5.224 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaBMKG
M 5.019 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaGeoAu
M 5.123 km92km NNE of Laiwui, IndonesiaUSGS

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
54.3 km W of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):
  • 15 Nov 2019 18:08 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (10 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 08 Oct 2019 14:39 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details

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