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Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - 29 km north of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 12:08 GMT

Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - 29 km north of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 12:08 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 41 km depth

1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Date & time: Aug 3, 2010 12:08:25 UTC
Magnitude: 6.3
Depth: 41.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.239°N / 126.213°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode: 1.239°S / 53.787°W
Nearest volcano: Tangkoko (117 km / 73 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
116 km (72 mi) ESE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (87 mi) WNW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
140 km (87 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> See nearby quakes!
145 km (90 mi) E of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
154 km (96 mi) E of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
157 km (98 mi) E of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
160 km (99 mi) WNW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
207 km (129 mi) WSW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
359 km (223 mi) ENE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
452 km (281 mi) ENE of Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.341 kmMolucca Sea (Indonesia)USGS
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (19 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth		LocationDetails
Jan 6, 2011 03:01
11 years ago
4.9

51 km		47 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Jan 3, 2011 20:13
11 years ago
4.2

35 km		52 km SE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Jan 3, 2011 01:34
11 years ago
4.4

48 km		41 km E of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Dec 17, 2010 11:27
11 years ago
4.1

10 km		Pulau Gureda, 107 km SE of Bitung, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Dec 7, 2010 20:41
11 years ago
4.5

35 km		24 km E of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Dec 2, 2010 17:32
11 years ago
4.0

60 km		28 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Nov 17, 2010 14:20
12 years ago
4.4

58 km		56 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Nov 11, 2010 03:34
12 years ago
5.2

55 km		58 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Oct 27, 2010 16:35
12 years ago
4.0

84 km		43 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Oct 23, 2010 02:05
12 years ago
4.4

55 km		185 km E of Manado, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 21, 2010 12:09
12 years ago
4.9

68 km		27 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Oct 8, 2010 21:45
12 years ago
4.5

64 km		129 km NW of Ternate, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Oct 8, 2010 04:52
12 years ago
4.4

66 km		53 km S of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Oct 3, 2010 15:49
12 years ago
4.6

78 km		104 km NW of Ternate, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Aug 22, 2010 08:05
12 years ago
4.4

69 km		111 km NW of Ternate, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Aug 17, 2010 14:27
12 years ago
4.3

10 km		36 km W of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Aug 13, 2010 13:01
12 years ago
4.2

35 km		50 km N of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Aug 11, 2010 06:26
12 years ago
4.3

35 km		33 km NE of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore
Aug 9, 2010 16:57
12 years ago
4.1

10 km		23 km N of Pulau Gureda Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaMore

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