Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - Celebes Sea, 93 km north of Gorontalo, Indonesia, on Saturday, Nov 12, 2022 at 7:01 pm (GMT +8) -

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred early evening on Saturday, November 12th, 2022, at 7:01 pm local time near Gorontalo, Indonesia, as reported by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
A second report was later issued by The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the United States Geological Survey at magnitude 4.9, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.2, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.9, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.9.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Gorontalo (pop. 144,200) located 93 km from the epicenter.
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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 25 km² (=10 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 9 km (5 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the days and weeks following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the map below to verify).

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