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Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Northern Molucca Sea, Indonesia on Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Northern Molucca Sea, Indonesia on Wednesday, 30 September 2020
30 Sep 09:06 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.
30 Sep 09:10: Now using data updates from BMKG
1 Oct 00:50: Epicenter location corrected by 3.5 km (2.2 mi) towards WSW.
4 Oct 23:35: Now using data updates from BMKG
Date & time: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 09:00 UTC
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.7°N / 126.66°E (Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Gamkonora (100 km / 62 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
129 km (80 mi) NW of Ternate (pop: 101,700)
146 km (91 mi) NW of Sofifi (pop: 36,200)
150 km (93 mi) W of Tobelo (pop: 10,000)
166 km (103 mi) E of Bitung (pop: 137,400)
189 km (117 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (pop: 8,000)
2370 km (1473 mi) NE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Very Heavy Rain 28.8°C (84 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from SSW
Primary data source: BMKG
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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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.
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Wed, 30 Sep 09:00 UTCM 4.1 / 10 kmNorthern Molucca Sea, IndonesiaBMKG
30 Sep 6:00 pm (GMT +9) (30 Sep 09:00:48 UTC)M 4.1 / 10 kmMolucca Sea, IndonesiaEMSC
Wed, 30 Sep 09:00 UTCM 4.1 / 10 kmNorthern Molucca Sea, IndonesiaBMKG

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Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Northern Molucca Sea, Indonesia on Wednesday, 30 September 2020

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