Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Teluk Tomini, 71 km south of Gorontalo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 06:45 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Teluk Tomini, 71 km south of Gorontalo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 06:45 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 128 km depth

29 Oct 06:55 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 10 minutes.
Oct 29 21:30: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 116.0 to 128.0 km.
Date & time: 29 Oct 2019 06:45:33 UTC -
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 128.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.1°S / 123.13°E (Teluk Tomini, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Ambang (171 km / 106 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
71 km (44 mi) S of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
102 km (63 mi) NNE of Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> See nearby quakes!
244 km (152 mi) SW of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
252 km (157 mi) SW of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
260 km (161 mi) SW of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
287 km (178 mi) SW of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
301 km (187 mi) ENE of Poso (pop: 47,100) --> See nearby quakes!
373 km (232 mi) ENE of Palu (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
458 km (285 mi) NE of Palopo (pop: 129,300) --> See nearby quakes!
1931 km (1200 mi) ENE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
46 km (29 mi) N of Pulau Mantalu Daka Island --> See nearby quakes!
220 km (137 mi) NNW of Pulau Bokan Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
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 5.0128 kmMinahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (Indonesia)BMKG
M 4.9155 kmMinahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (Indonesia)GFZ
M 4.7151 kmSulawesi, IndonesiaEMSC
M 4.7148 km51km SSW of Bilungala, IndonesiaUSGS

User reports for this quake

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake Teluk Tomini, 71 km south of Gorontalo, Indonesia, 29 October 2019 06:45 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (16 quakes):
  • 27 Dec 2019 17:25 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    148 km (92 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 23 Dec 2019 15:36 UTC
    | M 4.1 |
    159 km (98.8 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 22 Dec 2019 12:37 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    96 km (59.7 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (10 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 20 Dec 2019 16:04 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    60 km (37.3 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 14 Dec 2019 08:41 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    143 km (88.9 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (4 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 07 Dec 2019 20:21 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    88 km (54.7 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 04 Dec 2019 19:51 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    116 km (72.1 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 03 Dec 2019 16:15 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    101 km (62.8 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Dec 2019 20:06 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    56 km (34.8 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 26 Nov 2019 06:55 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    128 km (79.5 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 22 Nov 2019 12:06 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    98 km (60.9 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (10 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 20 Nov 2019 23:54 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 16 Nov 2019 19:00 UTC
    | M 2.6 |
    137 km (85.1 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 14 Nov 2019 00:14 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    94 km (58.4 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (2 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 08 Nov 2019 13:21 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    144 km (89.5 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 06 Nov 2019 17:20 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    91 km (56.5 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Teluk Tomini, 71 km south of Gorontalo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 06:45 (GMT)
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