Mag. 4.3 earthquake - 2593 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, 9 October 2020 at 00:52 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.3 earthquake - 2593 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, 9 October 2020 at 00:52 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 174 km depth

9 Oct 01:05 UTC: Premier à signaler: BMKG après 12 minutes.
9 Oct 01:10: Maintenant en utilisant une nouvelle source de données: BMKG
12 Oct 01:16: Magnitude recalculée de 4.2 à 4.3. Profondeur recalculée de 171.0 à 174.0 km (de 106 à 108 mi). Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 6.7 km (4.2 mi) au O.
Date & time: 9 Oct 2020 00:52:54 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.3
Profondeur: 174.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.39°S / 130.3°E (Banda Sea, Indonésie)
Volcan le plus près: Serua (41 km / 25 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
284 km OSO de Tual (pop: 39,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
372 km SSE de Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
381 km SE de Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
419 km SO de Mas (pop: 320) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
434 km ENE de Lospalos (Timor oriental) (pop: 17,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
483 km ENE de Baucau (Timor oriental) (pop: 16,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
500 km ENE de Venilale (Timor oriental) (pop: 16,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
513 km ENE de Viqueque (Timor oriental) (pop: 6,080) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
528 km ENE de Manatutu (Timor oriental) (pop: 1,920) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
2593 km E de Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
36 km ESE de Pulau Kekeh Besar Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
183 km NO de Pulau Yamdena Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 27°C (81 F), humidity: 82%, wind: 7 m/s (14 kts) from ESE
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 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 4.3174 kmBanda Sea, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.2178 kmBanda Sea, IndonesiaEMSC
M 4.3174 kmBanda Sea, IndonesiaBMKG

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