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Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - Molucca Sea, Indonesia, on Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 at 11:53 am (GMT +8) -

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 78 km depth

1 Dec 04:41 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 47 minutes.
1 Dec 04:56: Now using data updates from USGS
7 Dec 03:54: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 67.4 to 77.5 km (from 42 to 48 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 18 km (11 mi) towards S.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 1, 2022 03:53:53 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 at 11:53 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	77.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	3.5895°N / 126.9372°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	3.59°S / 53.063°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Awu (160 km / 99 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	239 km (148 mi) NNW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 307 km (190 mi) NE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 330 km (205 mi) NE of Manado (pop: 451,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 339 km (211 mi) NE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 342 km (213 mi) SE of General Santos City (Philippines) (pop: 679,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 347 km (215 mi) NE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 351 km (218 mi) SSE of Maluñgun (Philippines) (pop: 52,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 359 km (223 mi) SE of Polomolok (Philippines) (pop: 64,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	78 km	Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia	USGS
4.6	67 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
4.6	67 km	KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.6	10 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	IRIS
4.7	64 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	GFZ
4.5	32 km	Indonesia: 306 Km S 32° E of Balut Island (Municipality Of Sarangani) (Davao Occidental)	PHIVOLCS

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 415 km / 258 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Davao, Philippines: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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