Forte terremoto magnitudine 6.0 - Molucca Sea, 140 km a nord est da Bitung, Sulawesi Settentrionale, Indonesia, mercoledì, 16 maggio 1951
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 15 km depth
Magnitudine: 6
Profondità: 15.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 2.081°N / 126.28°E
(Molucca Sea, Indonesia)Vulcano più vicino: Ruang (98 km / 61 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
140 km ENE da Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
159 km ENE da Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
172 km ENE da Manado (pop: 451,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
175 km ENE da Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
185 km ENE da Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> Vedi sismi vicini
189 km NO da Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
206 km NO da Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
397 km ENE da Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
514 km NE da Luwuk (pop: 47,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
2347 km ENE da Giacarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
| M 6.0 | 15 km | Molucca Sea (Indonesia) | USGS |
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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 140 km northeast of Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 16 May 1951 at 14:06 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
