Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Sulawesi, Indonesia on Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.6 - Banda Sea, 19 km NNE of Pulau Paku Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, miércoles, 03 dic. 2014
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Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 39 km depth
3 Dec 00:32 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 5 minutos.
Dec 3 08:10: Magnitud recalculada de 5.5 a 5.6.
Dec 3 08:10: Magnitud recalculada de 5.5 a 5.6.
Magnitud: 5.6
Profundidad: 39.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 2.88°S / 122.47°E
(Mar de Banda, Indonesia)Nearby towns and cities:
122 km al N de Kendari (pop: 195,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
217 km al S de Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
228 km al N de Katabu (pop: 42,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
252 km al SE de Poso (pop: 47,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
253 km al E de Palopo (pop: 129,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
286 km al E de Rantepao (pop: 40,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
301 km al NE de Watampone (pop: 81,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
340 km al ENE de Parepare (pop: 140,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
421 km al NE de Makassar (pop: 1,321,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
1771 km al ENE de Yakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
19 km al NNE de Pulau Paku Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
256 km al ESE de Sulawesi Island (pop: 18,455,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
| M 5.6 | 39 km | Sulawesi, Indonesia | GFZ |
| M 5.5 | 10 km | SULAWESI, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| M 5.7 | 21 km | 113km NNE of Unaaha, Indonesia | USGS |
| M 5.7 | 35 km | Sulawesi, Indonesia | GeoAu |
(shakemap: USGS)
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Aftershocks of the M 5.6 terremoto: Mar de Banda, 19 km al norte de Pulau Paku , Célebes Central, Indonesia Wed, 3 Dec 2014 00:27
More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):- 21 Jan 2015 00:02 UTC| M 4.5 |43 km (26.7 mi) depth|3 km (2 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 03 Dec 2014 02:33 UTC| M 4.8 |41 km (25.5 mi) depth|7 km (4 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.6 - Banda Sea, 19 km NNE of Pulau Paku Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, miércoles, 03 dic. 2014Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
