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Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - 109 Km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022 at 3:51 pm (GMT +9) -

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

29 Nov 07:01 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 10 minutes.
29 Nov 08:41: Epicenter location corrected by 14 km (8.5 mi) towards SSW.
29 Nov 08:42: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 29, 2022 06:51:53 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022 at 3:51 pm (GMT +9)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	2.9426°S / 129.8216°E (Maluku, Indonesia)
Antipode	2.943°N / 50.178°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Banda Api (176 km / 109 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	109 km (68 mi) ENE of Amahai (pop: 47,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 200 km (124 mi) ENE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 280 km (174 mi) SW of Sorong (West Papua) (pop: 125,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	10 km	109 Km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia	USGS
4.3	10 km	Seram, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
4.3	10 km	SERAM, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.3	10 km	Seram, Indonesia	IRIS
4.4	10 km	Seram, Indonesia	GFZ

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Darwin High School (AUDHS/S1 network) | Distance from quake: 1062 km / 660 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Darwin High School: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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