Terremoto moderato mag. 4.8 - Banda Sea, 86 km a est da Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia, domenica, 07 febbraio 2021 -

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Just 16 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday 8 February 2021 at 3:10 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Amahai (pop. 47,700) located 69 km from the epicenter, and Ambon City (pop. 355,600) 86 km away.
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Data & ora: 7 Feb 2021 18:10:58 UTC -
Ora locale a epicentro: lunedì, 8 feb 2021 03:10 (GMT +9)
Magnitudine: 4.8
Profondità: 10.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 3.96°S / 128.91°E (Banda Sea, Indonesia)
Vulcano più vicino: Banda Api (124 km / 77 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
69 km S da Amahai (pop: 47,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
86 km ESE da Ambon City (pop: 355,600) --> Vedi sismi vicini
431 km SO da Sorong (pop: 125,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
91 km ESE da Ambon Island (pop: 501,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info

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