M 5.6 earthquake – Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
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Local time: Feb 22, 2023 · 18:34 (UTC+9)
ModerateIntermediate · 114 kmPAGER green
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- Magnitude
- 5.6moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 114 kmIntermediate earthquake
- Epicenter
- -7.026, 129.506323 km from Lospalos
- Energy released
- 3.8 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 1"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 4.1max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 4M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 483USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Feb 17, 2023.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 3.8 kilotons of TNT, 7.9 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
4 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Indonesia.
- 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
- 7.3 125 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste Dec 29, 2021
- 7.3 Banda Sea Jun 24, 2019
- 7.3 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia Dec 20, 1992
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.