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Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - Banda Sea on Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - Banda Sea on Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Date & time: Wed, 18 Dec 05:27:32 UTC
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 165.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.639°S / 129.901°E (Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Serua (20 km)
Primary data source: GeoAu
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Wed, 18 Dec 2013
Wed, 18 Dec 15:18 UTCM 5.0 / 45.1 km - [info]Banda Sea[Map]USGS
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
Thu, 19 Dec 21:34 UTCM 5.6 / 19.5 km - [info]Banda Sea[Map]USGS
Sun, 22 Dec 2013
Sun, 22 Dec 08:01 UTCM 4.6 / 157 km - [info]295km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia[Map]USGS
Sat, 28 Dec 2013
Sat, 28 Dec 02:46 UTCM 4.3 / 112 km - [info]4.3 BANDA SEA[Map]EMSC
Sun, 29 Dec 2013
Sun, 29 Dec 16:59 UTCM 4.7 / 100.4 km - [info]164km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia[Map]USGS

 

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