M 4.8 earthquake – Banda Sea

Jan 23, 1996 · 00:29 UTC · Jan 23, 1996
Local time: Jan 23, 1996 · 08:29 (UTC+8)

LightIntermediate · 71 km Reviewed by a seismologist

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Magnitude: 4.8body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth: 71 kmIntermediate earthquake
Epicenter: -6.694, 129.520345 km from Lospalos
Energy released: 239 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: 354USGS score, 0–1,000+

Not rare around here

An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jan 13, 1996.

How strong was it?

Light earthquake. It released 239 tons of TNT, 2 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.

Chile 1960 M 9.5

Japan 2011 M 9.1

San Francisco 1906 M 7.9

Turkey 2023 M 7.8

Haiti 2010 M 7.0

Northridge 1994 M 6.7

This earthquake M 4.8

Aftershocks

1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.

4.7 Banda Sea 14 km away · 155 km deep Feb 15, 1996Feb 15, 1996

The strongest earthquakes within 300 km

Since 1900.