Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Banda Sea, 190 km north of Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sunday, 29 Nov 2020 5:00 am (GMT +8) -

Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Banda Sea, 190 km north of Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sunday, 29 Nov 2020 5:00 am (GMT +8)

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

28 Nov 21:10 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 10 minutes.
28 Nov 21:20: Epicenter location corrected by 3.3 km (2.1 mi) towards S.
Date & time: 28 Nov 2020 21:00:26 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 29 Nov 2020 5:00 am (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.3°S / 122.19°E (Banda Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Una Una (242 km / 150 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
164 km (102 mi) SSW of Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> See nearby quakes!
189 km (117 mi) ESE of Poso (pop: 47,100) --> See nearby quakes!
190 km (118 mi) N of Kendari (pop: 195,000) --> See nearby quakes!
234 km (146 mi) ENE of Palopo (pop: 129,300) --> See nearby quakes!
265 km (165 mi) ENE of Rantepao (pop: 40,400) --> See nearby quakes!
295 km (183 mi) N of Katabu (pop: 42,800) --> See nearby quakes!
301 km (187 mi) ESE of Palu (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
330 km (205 mi) SSW of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> See nearby quakes!
441 km (274 mi) NE of Makassar (pop: 1,321,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1756 km (1091 mi) ENE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
83 km (52 mi) NNW of Pulau Buajangka Island --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Moderate Rain 28.6°C (83 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from WNW
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 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 4.510 kmSulawesi, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.510 kmSULAWESI, INDONESIAEMSC

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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Banda Sea, 190 km north of Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sunday, 29 Nov 2020 5:00 am (GMT +8)

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