Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - Banda Sea, 245 km west of Tual, Maluku, Indonesia, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 10:50 pm (GMT +9) -
Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 175 km depth
14 May 13:56 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 14, 2022 13:50:28 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 10:50 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.4 |
| Depth | 175.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 6.18°S / 130.61°E  (Banda Sea, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 6.18°N / 49.39°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Serua (69 km / 43 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 245 km (152 mi) WSW of Tual (pop: 39,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 386 km (240 mi) SE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  28.6°C (83 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from E |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.4 | 175 km | Indonesia: BANDA SEA | EMSC |
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