Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Northern Molucca Sea on Sunday, 21 December 2014

Fuerte terremoto magnitud 6.3 - Molucca Sea, 178 km ENE of Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, domingo, 21 dic. 2014

Fuerte terremoto magnitud 6.3 - Molucca Sea, 178 km ENE of Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, domingo, 21 dic. 2014

Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 29 km depth

21 Dec 11:38 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 4 minutos.
Dec 21 13:10: Magnitud recalculada de 6.1 a 6.3.
Fecha & hora: 21 Dec 2014 11:34:12 UTC
Magnitud: 6.3
Profundidad: 29.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 2.24°N / 126.59°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Volcán mas cercano: Tobaru (128 km / 80 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
168 km al ONO de Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
178 km al ENE de Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
184 km al NNO de Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
198 km al ENE de Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
199 km al NNO de Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
211 km al ENE de Manado (pop: 451,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
213 km al ENE de Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
224 km al ENE de Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
436 km al ENE de Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
2386 km al ENE de Yakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
119 km al ONO de Pulau Tutu Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
370 km al S de Pulau Mianggas Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 6.329 kmNorthern Molucca SeaGFZ
M 6.340 km MOLUCCA SEAEMSC
M 6.655 km157km WNW of Tobelo, IndonesiaUSGS
M 6.663 kmNorthern Molucca SeaGeoAu

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(shakemap: USGS)

User reports for this quake (2)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Manado, North Sulawesi - shook the house, neighbou (205.4 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
tomohon / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
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Aftershocks of the M 6.3 terremoto: Molucca Sea, 178 km al noreste de Bitung, Célebes Septentrional, Indonesia Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:34

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (41 quakes):
  • 28 May 2015 04:29 UTC
    | M 4.2 |
    55.6 km (34.5 mi) depth
    |
    65 km (40 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 23 May 2015 07:31 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    75 km (46.6 mi) depth
    |
    86 km (53 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 20 May 2015 17:20 UTC
    | M 5.3 |
    56 km (34.8 mi) depth
    |
    47 km (29 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 18 May 2015 03:21 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    41 km (25.5 mi) depth
    |
    75 km (47 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 13 May 2015 00:02 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    54 km (33.6 mi) depth
    |
    42 km (26 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 11 May 2015 04:01 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    54 km (33.6 mi) depth
    |
    47 km (29 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 04 May 2015 06:55 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    62 km (38.5 mi) depth
    |
    55 km (34 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 22 Apr 2015 00:22 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    46 km (28.6 mi) depth
    |
    82 km (51 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 15 Apr 2015 04:17 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    90.2 km (56 mi) depth
    |
    58 km (36 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 13 Apr 2015 15:05 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    52 km (32.3 mi) depth
    |
    57 km (35 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 11 Apr 2015 05:21 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    64 km (39.8 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 11 Apr 2015 05:00 UTC
    | M 5.5 |
    60 km (37.3 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 08 Apr 2015 22:42 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    56.7 km (35.2 mi) depth
    |
    73 km (45 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 07 Apr 2015 09:35 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    84 km (52.2 mi) depth
    |
    67 km (42 mi) distance
    | GeoAu | Details
  • 03 Apr 2015 22:29 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    55 km (34.2 mi) depth
    |
    55 km (34 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 29 Mar 2015 07:50 UTC
    | M 5.6 |
    43 km (26.7 mi) depth
    |
    64 km (40 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
    • Show all

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Fuerte terremoto magnitud 6.3 - Molucca Sea, 178 km ENE of Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, domingo, 21 dic. 2014

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