Very strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - 142 km northwest of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Saturday, Mar 13, 1948 at 8:02 pm (GMT +0)
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Very strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 15 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Mar 13, 1948 20:02:33 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 13, 1948 at 8:02 pm (GMT +0) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.5 |
| Depth | 15.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 1.7°N / 126.487°E  (Molucca Sea, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 1.7°S / 53.513°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Gamkonora (120 km / 75 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 142 km (88 mi) NW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 147 km (91 mi) E of Bitung (pop: 137,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 160 km (100 mi) NW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 169 km (105 mi) W of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 170 km (106 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) ENE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 184 km (114 mi) E of Manado (pop: 451,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 192 km (119 mi) ENE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 402 km (250 mi) ENE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 1014 joules (98.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 84802 tons of TNT or 5.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.5 | 15 km | Molucca Sea (Indonesia) | USGS |
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