Weak mag. 3.4 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 214 km south of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Saturday, 19 September 2020 at 20:47 (GMT) -

Weak mag. 3.4 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 214 km south of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Saturday, 19 September 2020 at 20:47 (GMT)

Weak magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 72 km depth

19 Sep 21:00 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 13 minutes.
Date & time: 19 Sep 2020 20:47:45 UTC -
Magnitude: 3.4
Depth: 72.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.13°S / 127.48°E (Maluku Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Bibinoi (48 km / 30 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
208 km (129 mi) S of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
214 km (133 mi) S of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
293 km (182 mi) NW of Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
296 km (184 mi) NNW of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
323 km (201 mi) S of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
384 km (239 mi) SE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
394 km (245 mi) SE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
403 km (250 mi) SE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> See nearby quakes!
403 km (251 mi) SE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
412 km (256 mi) SE of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 27.5°C (81 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 1 km/h (0 kts) from SSW
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 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 3.472 kmHalmahera, IndonesiaBMKG
M 3.472 kmKepulauan Obi, IndonesiaEMSC

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