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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 47 km north of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 at 6:50 am (GMT +8)

Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 47 km north of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 at 6:50 am (GMT +8) Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 47 km north of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 at 6:50 am (GMT +8)

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

27 Oct 23:18 UTC: First to report: USGS after 28 minutes.
28 Oct 00:15: Now using data updates from BMKG
31 Oct 02:50: Now using data updates from BMKG
Date & time: Oct 27, 2020 22:50:34 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 at 6:50 am (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.29°S / 119.04°E (Makassar Strait, Indonesia)
Antipode: 2.29°N / 60.96°W
Nearby towns and cities:
47 km (29 mi) NNE of Mamuju (pop: 15,000) --> See nearby quakes!
122 km (76 mi) NW of Rantepao (pop: 40,400) --> See nearby quakes!
131 km (82 mi) NNW of Polewali (pop: 58,200) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (87 mi) N of Majene (pop: 37,700) --> See nearby quakes!
150 km (93 mi) WNW of Palopo (pop: 129,300) --> See nearby quakes!
179 km (111 mi) SSW of Palu (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
202 km (126 mi) NNW of Parepare (pop: 140,000) --> See nearby quakes!
266 km (165 mi) ESE of City of Balikpapan (pop: 700,000) --> See nearby quakes!
290 km (180 mi) SE of camarinta (pop: 355,200) --> See nearby quakes!
321 km (199 mi) N of Macassar (pop: 1,321,700) --> See nearby quakes!
140 km (87 mi) W of Sulawesi Island (pop: 18,455,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
5.010 km47 Km NNE of Mamuju, IndonesiaBMKG
4.431 km41 Km NNE of Mamuju, IndonesiaEMSC
4.431 km41 Km NNE of Mamuju, IndonesiaUSGS

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (39 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth		LocationDetails
Dec 24, 2020 06:13
1 year 21 weeks ago
2.4

10 km		52 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Dec 24, 2020 06:13
1 year 21 weeks ago
2.5

10 km		56 km N of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Dec 3, 2020 12:46
1 year 24 weeks ago
2.0

10 km		48 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Dec 1, 2020 17:41
1 year 24 weeks ago
2.1

10 km		48 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Dec 1, 2020 09:57
1 year 24 weeks ago
3.1

10 km		59 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Dec 1, 2020 06:27
1 year 24 weeks ago
2.8

10 km		48 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 30, 2020 23:46
1 year 24 weeks ago
3.1

10 km		46 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 28, 2020 02:31
1 year 24 weeks ago
2.7

10 km		46 km N of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 18, 2020 15:36
1 year 26 weeks ago
3.3

10 km		51 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 12, 2020 21:11
1 year 27 weeks ago
3.1

10 km		43 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 12, 2020 06:06
1 year 27 weeks ago
2.9

10 km		49 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 11, 2020 15:30
1 year 27 weeks ago
3.6

10 km		48 km N of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 11, 2020 04:06
1 year 27 weeks ago
3.7

10 km		51 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 9, 2020 04:16
1 year 27 weeks ago
3.7

10 km		49 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 8, 2020 21:25
1 year 27 weeks ago
2.8

10 km		54 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 8, 2020 20:54
1 year 27 weeks ago
4.6

10 km		52 km N of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 6, 2020 16:04
1 year 28 weeks ago
2.7

10 km		48 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 3, 2020 21:26
1 year 28 weeks ago
3.1

10 km		47 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 2, 2020 19:15
1 year 28 weeks ago
2.1

10 km		49 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 2, 2020 17:11
1 year 28 weeks ago
3.1

10 km		42 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 2, 2020 16:31
1 year 28 weeks ago
2.5

10 km		49 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 2, 2020 03:52
1 year 28 weeks ago
2.5

10 km		40 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 2, 2020 01:53
1 year 28 weeks ago
3.7

10 km		53 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Nov 1, 2020 10:34
1 year 28 weeks ago
2.3

12 km		50 km N of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 30, 2020 20:24
1 year 28 weeks ago
2.8

10 km		51 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 30, 2020 09:30
1 year 29 weeks ago
4.3

10 km		52 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 30, 2020 05:32
1 year 29 weeks ago
2.7

10 km		52 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 29, 2020 23:21
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.5

10 km		52 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 29, 2020 20:49
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.2

10 km		50 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 29, 2020 16:22
1 year 29 weeks ago
2.9

10 km		55 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 29, 2020 15:30
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.7

10 km		54 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 29, 2020 09:51
1 year 29 weeks ago
2.7

10 km		47 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 29, 2020 09:43
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.0

10 km		47 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 28, 2020 05:57
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.5

10 km		50 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 28, 2020 03:25
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.0

10 km		47 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 27, 2020 23:58
1 year 29 weeks ago
2.9

10 km		43 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 27, 2020 23:12
1 year 29 weeks ago
2.5

10 km		46 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 27, 2020 23:06
1 year 29 weeks ago
2.3

10 km		49 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore
Oct 27, 2020 22:59
1 year 29 weeks ago
3.7

10 km		37 km NE of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMore

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