Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 68 km northeast of Luwuk, Indonesia, on Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 5:09 am (GMT +8) -
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Light magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 10 km depth
5 Aug 21:16 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 5, 2022 21:09:48 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 5:09 am (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.6 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 0.57°S / 123.26°E  (Molucca Sea, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 0.57°N / 56.74°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Una Una (189 km / 117 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 68 km (42 mi) NE of Luwuk (pop: 47,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 125 km (78 mi) S of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  23.9°C (75 F), humidity: 94%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from S |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.6 | 10 km | SULAWESI, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| 3.6 | 10 km | Indonesia: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi | RaspberryShake |
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