Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 205 km south of Ternate, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Monday, 25 November 2019 at 06:17 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 205 km south of Ternate, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, on Monday, 25 November 2019 at 06:17 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 60 km depth

25 Nov 06:25 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 8 minutes.
Nov 25 06:30: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 33.0 km.
Nov 25 16:55: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 33.0 to 60.0 km.
Date & time: 25 Nov 2019 06:17:08 UTC -
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 60.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.05°S / 127.51°E (Maluku Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Bibinoi (42 km / 26 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
199 km (124 mi) S of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
205 km (128 mi) S of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
299 km (186 mi) NNW of Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
304 km (189 mi) NNW of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
314 km (195 mi) S of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
380 km (236 mi) SE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
390 km (242 mi) SE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
399 km (248 mi) SE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> See nearby quakes!
400 km (248 mi) SE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
409 km (254 mi) SE of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> 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 5.060 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaBMKG
M 5.067 kmKepulauan Obi, IndonesiaEMSC
M 4.653 km33km NNW of Laiwui, IndonesiaUSGS
M 5.067 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaGFZ

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Aftershocks

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):
  • 17 Jan 2020 10:10 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    29 km (18 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 17 Jan 2020 06:45 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details

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