Leggero terremoto magnitudine 4.5 - Molucca Sea, 125 km a sud-est da Bitung, Sulawesi Settentrionale, Indonesia, giovedì, 29 ottobre 2020 -

Leggero terremoto magnitudine 4.5 - Molucca Sea, 125 km a sud-est da Bitung, Sulawesi Settentrionale, Indonesia, giovedì, 29 ottobre 2020

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

29 Oct 11:31 UTC: Primo a segnalare: EMSC dopo 5 minuti.
29 Oct 11:35: Ora utilizzando nuova fonte di dati: BMKG
Data & ora: 29 Oct 2020 11:26:25 UTC -
Ora locale a epicentro: 29 Oct 8:26 pm (GMT +9)
Magnitudine: 4.5
Profondità: 10.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 0.91°N / 126.17°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Vulcano più vicino: Tongkoko (127 km / 79 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
2287 km ENE da Giacarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
9 km SSE da Pulau Gureda Island --> Vedi sismi vicini
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 28.5°C (83 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from SSE
Fonte dati primaria: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudineProfonditàUbicazioneFonte
M 4.510 kmNorthern Molucca Sea, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.210 kmMolucca Sea, IndonesiaEMSC

User reports for this quake (1)

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Tumpaan (177 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt
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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - 160 km southeast of Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, on 29 Oct 8:26 pm (GMT +9)

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