M 4.2 earthquake – Banda Sea
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Local time: Jan 12, 2023 · 11:53 (UTC+9)
LightIntermediate · 74 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 74 kmIntermediate earthquake
- Epicenter
- -6.690, 130.374288 km from Tual
- Energy released
- 30 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 271USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jan 11, 2023.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 30 tons of TNT, 16 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Indonesia.
- 8.5 1938 Banda Sea Earthquake Feb 1, 1938
- 8.1 1963 Banda Sea Earthquake Nov 4, 1963
- 7.7 Banda Sea Nov 2, 1950
- 7.6 Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia Jan 9, 2023
- 7.6 196 km S of Ambon, Indonesia Jan 27, 2006
- 7.5 273 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia Jun 3, 1927
- 7.3 Banda Sea Jun 24, 2019
- 7.3 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia Dec 20, 1992