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Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 241 km north of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 at 4:12 am (GMT +8) -

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 40 km depth

24 Jan 20:26 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 14 minutes.
24 Jan 22:58: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 24, 2023 20:12:55 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 at 4:12 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	40.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	2.9579°N / 127.2868°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	2.958°S / 52.713°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Tarakan (139 km / 86 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	159 km (99 mi) NNW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 241 km (150 mi) N of Ternate (pop: 101,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 249 km (155 mi) N of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 287 km (178 mi) NE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 305 km (189 mi) ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 317 km (197 mi) ENE of Manado (pop: 451,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 322 km (200 mi) NE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 331 km (206 mi) NE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.5	40 km	157 Km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia	USGS
4.5	40 km	Indonesia: MOLUCCA SEA	EMSC
4.5	40 km	Indonesia: Northern Molucca Sea	RaspberryShake
4.2	5 km	Indonesia: 336 Km S 21° E of Balut Island (Municipality Of Sarangani) (Davao Occidental)	PHIVOLCS

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 495 km / 307 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Davao, Philippines: 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: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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