Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Southern Molucca Sea on Saturday, 15 November 2014
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.8 - Molucca Sea, 141 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia, sábado, 15 nov. 2014
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Moderate magnitude 5.8 earthquake at 104 km depth
15 Nov 03:12 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 4 minutos.
Nov 15 08:10: Magnitud recalculada de 6.2 a 5.8.
Nov 15 08:10: Magnitud recalculada de 6.2 a 5.8.
Magnitud: 5.8
Profundidad: 104.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 0.23°S / 124.07°E
(Molucca Sea, Indonesia)Volcán mas cercano: Ambang (127 km / 79 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
141 km al SE de Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
164 km al ENE de Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
190 km al SSO de Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
195 km al SSO de Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
209 km al SSO de Manado (pop: 451,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
225 km al SSO de Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
386 km al OSO de Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
391 km al ENE de Poso (pop: 47,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
451 km al NNE de Kendari (pop: 195,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
2024 km al ENE de Yakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
80 km al SSO de Libuton Kelapa Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
194 km al N de Pulau Bokan Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 3.2 x 1013 joules (8.78 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7558 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
| M 5.8 | 104 km | Southern Molucca Sea | GFZ |
| M 5.8 | 1 km | MOLUCCA SEA | EMSC |
| M 5.8 | 85 km | 58km S of Molibagu, Indonesia | USGS |
| M 6.2 | 96 km | Southern Molucca Sea | GeoAu |
(shakemap: USGS)
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Aftershocks of the M 5.8 terremoto: Molucca Sea, 141 km al sureste de Gorontalo, Indonesia Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:08
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):- 03 Jan 2015 08:03 UTC| M 4.9 |136 km (84.5 mi) depth|35 km (22 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 24 Dec 2014 13:40 UTC| M 4.9 |117 km (72.7 mi) depth|24 km (15 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
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