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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 266 km north of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 at 5:23 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

24 Jan 21:36 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 12 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 24, 2023 21:23:48 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 at 5:23 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	3.17°N / 127.19°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	3.17°S / 52.81°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Tarakan (165 km / 103 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	184 km (115 mi) NNW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 266 km (165 mi) N of Ternate (pop: 101,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 274 km (170 mi) N of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 293 km (182 mi) NE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 309 km (192 mi) NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 321 km (199 mi) NE of Manado (pop: 451,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 327 km (203 mi) NE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 336 km (209 mi) NE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Moderate Rain 26.8°C (80 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 4 m/s (9 kts) from N
Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹⁰ joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.0	10 km	KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.0	10 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 469 km / 291 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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