Moderato terremoto magnitudine 5.9 - Molucca Sea (Indonesia), lunedì, 13 dicembre 1999

Moderate magnitude 5.9 earthquake at 85 km depth

Data & ora: 13 Dec 1999 09:30:39 UTC
Magnitudine: 5.9
Profondità: 84.6 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 2.077°N / 127.115°E

(Indonesia)
Vulcano più vicino: Tobaru (79 km / 49 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
107 km ONO da Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
146 km NNO da Ternate (pop: 101,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
157 km NNO da Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
225 km ENE da Bitung (pop: 137,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
247 km ENE da Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
259 km ENE da Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
260 km ENE da Manado (pop: 451,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
271 km ENE da Tomohon (pop: 27,600) --> Vedi sismi vicini
482 km ENE da Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
2433 km ENE da Giacarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 4.5 x 10¹³ joules (12.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10676 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) More info

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Magnitudine	Profondità	Ubicazione	Fonte
M 5.9	85 km	Molucca Sea (Indonesia)	USGS

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Aftershocks of the 5.9 quake Molucca Sea (Indonesia) 13 December 1999 09:30 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):

02 Jan 2000 18:43 UTC
| M 4.4 |
33 km (20.5 mi) depth
|
20 km (12 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
30 Dec 1999 22:31 UTC
| M 5.0 |
91.3 km (56.7 mi) depth
|
25 km (16 mi) distance
| USGS | Details
30 Dec 1999 21:46 UTC
| M 4.6 |
42 km (26.1 mi) depth
|
52 km (33 mi) distance
| USGS | Details