Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Banda Sea on Saturday, 6 December 2014
Fuerte terremoto magnitud 6.1 - Banda Sea, 58 km E of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia, sábado, 06 dic. 2014
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Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 142 km depth
6 Dec 22:09 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 4 minutos.
Dec 7 00:10: Magnitud recalculada de 6.0 a 6.1.
Dec 7 00:10: Magnitud recalculada de 6.0 a 6.1.
Magnitud: 6.1
Profundidad: 142.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 6.21°S / 130.5°E

Volcán mas cercano: Serua (71 km / 44 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
257 km al OSO de Tual (pop: 39,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
364 km al SSE de Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
380 km al SE de Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
389 km al SO de Mas (pop: 320) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
464 km al NE de Lospalos (Timor-Leste) (pop: 17,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
512 km al ENE de Baucau (Timor-Leste) (pop: 16,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
2615 km al E de Yakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
58 km al E de Pulau Kekeh Besar Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
360 km al SSE de Seram Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
M 6.1 | 142 km | Banda Sea | GFZ |
M 6.0 | 131 km | BANDA SEA | EMSC |
M 6.0 | 120 km | Banda Sea | GeoAu |
M 6.0 | 117 km | 222km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia | USGS |
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Darwin Aus / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Brinkin (Australia, 684 km S of epicenter) : Wall of house wobbled slightly only noticed because leaning against wall (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the M 6.1 terremoto: Mar de Banda, 58 km al este de Pulau Kekeh Besar , Maluku, Indonesia Sat, 6 Dec 2014 22:05
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (9 quakes):- 01 Jun 2015 10:28 UTC| M 4.8 |128 km (79.5 mi) depth|26 km (16 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 08 Apr 2015 13:49 UTC| M 4.7 |152 km (94.4 mi) depth|9 km (6 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 04 Apr 2015 17:48 UTC| M 5.0 |126 km (78.3 mi) depth|34 km (21 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 20 Mar 2015 17:11 UTC| M 4.6 |137 km (85.1 mi) depth|21 km (13 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 15 Mar 2015 14:22 UTC| M 5.3 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|40 km (25 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 16 Feb 2015 03:27 UTC| M 4.3 |135.6 km (84.3 mi) depth|8 km (5 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 25 Jan 2015 17:01 UTC| M 4.8 |133 km (82.6 mi) depth|35 km (22 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 22 Jan 2015 21:10 UTC| M 4.3 |128.5 km (79.8 mi) depth|50 km (31 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 08 Dec 2014 18:04 UTC| M 4.3 |159.5 km (99.1 mi) depth|27 km (17 mi) distance| USGS | Details
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Fuerte terremoto magnitud 6.1 - Banda Sea, 58 km E of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia, sábado, 06 dic. 2014Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!