Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 99 km north of Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 00:15 (GMT) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Indonesia | Maluku | North Maluku | West Papua | North Sulawesi | Jakarta
Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 25 km depth
27 Sep 00:25 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 9 minutes.
27 Sep 11:30: Magnitude recalculated from 4.0 to 4.1.
27 Sep 11:30: Magnitude recalculated from 4.0 to 4.1.
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 25.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.82°S / 128.02°E
(Ceram Sea, Indonesia)Nearest volcano: Bibinoi (230 km / 143 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
99 km (62 mi) N of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (72 mi) WNW of Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
399 km (248 mi) S of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> See nearby quakes!
408 km (253 mi) S of Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
420 km (261 mi) WSW of Sorong (pop: 125,500) --> See nearby quakes!
570 km (354 mi) SE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
574 km (357 mi) SE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> See nearby quakes!
583 km (362 mi) SE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
594 km (369 mi) SE of Manado (pop: 451,900) --> See nearby quakes!
2378 km (1477 mi) E of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
56 km (35 mi) NNW of Pulau Kasa Island --> See nearby quakes!
168 km (104 mi) W of Seram Island --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds
27.5°C (81 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from SSE
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Overcast Clouds
27.5°C (81 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from SSEEstimated released energy: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) More info
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.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.1 | 25 km | Ceram Sea, Indonesia | BMKG |
| M 4.0 | 25 km | Ceram Sea, Indonesia | EMSC |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 99 km north of Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 00:15 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
