- Banda Sea, 294 km southwest of Tual, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 25 November 2018 at 09:40 (GMT)

- Banda Sea, 294 km southwest of Tual, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 25 November 2018 at 09:40 (GMT)

Séisme modéré magnitude 5.0 at 107 km depth

25 Nov 09:48 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 7 minutes.
Nov 25 09:57: Magnitude recalculée de 4.9 à 5.0.
Profondeur recalculée de 105.0 à 107.0 km.
Date & time: 25 Nov 2018 09:40:53 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 107.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.68°S / 130.31°E (Banda Sea, Indonésie)
Volcan le plus près: Serua (56 km / 35 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
294 km OSO de Tual (pop: 39,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
402 km SSE de Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
407 km SE de Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
419 km ENE de Lospalos (Timor oriental) (pop: 17,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
443 km SO de Mas (pop: 320) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
2594 km E de Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
55 km SE de Pulau Kekeh Besar Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
159 km NO de Pulau Yamdena Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) 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.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.0107 kmBanda SeaGFZ
M 5.0107 km BANDA SEAEMSC
M 5.0106 km- 177km NW of Saumlaki, IndonesiaUSGS
M 5.3103 kmBanda SeaGeoAu

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
LAE / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):
  • 04 Jan 2019 06:22 UTC
    | M 5.4 |
    130 km (80.8 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 01 Jan 2019 19:31 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    170 km (105.6 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (9 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 04 Dec 2018 14:12 UTC
    | M 4.6 |
    194 km (120.5 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (1 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details

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Earlier earthquakes in the same area

- Banda Sea, 294 km southwest of Tual, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, 25 November 2018 at 09:40 (GMT)
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