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M 5.0 earthquake – Banda Sea

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Local time: Dec 25, 1995 · 13:49 (UTC+8)

ModerateIntermediate · 168 km Reviewed by a seismologist
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Magnitude
5.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
168 kmIntermediate earthquake
Epicenter
-6.890, 129.448326 km from Lospalos
Energy released
477 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
Felt reports
—"Did You Feel It?" responses
Shaking intensity
—not estimated
Aftershocks
5M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
Significance
385USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here

An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Dec 25, 1995.

How strong was it?

Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of 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 5.0

Aftershocks

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

The strongest earthquakes within 300 km

Since 1900.