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Magnitude4.6

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia6y ago

M4.6 earthquake in Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 09:25:29 UTC · 7.653°S, 130.239°E

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 09:25:29 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M4.8 on June 10, 2020.

Magnitude
4.6
Light · mb
Depth
35 km
Shallow
Felt reports
0
Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking
—
No ShakeMap
PAGER alert
None
Not issued
Tsunami
No flag
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

120 tons of TNT

That is about 1/126 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 4 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

106 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Banda Sea and Timor plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.

Depth: shallow

35 km

Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.

Did You Feel It?

Where it was felt

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USGS PAGER estimate

Who was exposed to shaking

USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 50 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 1,335 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 8.11963 Banda Sea EarthquakeNovember 4, 1963 · 104 km NW of this epicenter
  2. 7.7Banda SeaNovember 2, 1950 · 149 km NW of this epicenter
  3. 7.5273 km WSW of Tual, IndonesiaJune 3, 1927 · 105 km N of this epicenter
  4. 7.3145 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor LesteAugust 30, 1917 · 290 km W of this epicenter
  5. 7.3281 km WSW of Tual, IndonesiaDecember 20, 1992 · 120 km N of this epicenter
  6. 7.3172 km NE of Lospalos, Timor LesteNovember 24, 1983 · 229 km W of this epicenter
  7. 7.3Banda SeaJune 24, 2019 · 182 km NW of this epicenter
  8. 7.1196 km SSE of Ambon, IndonesiaJuly 4, 1914 · 300 km NW of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 12 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 67 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1852M8.3

    Maluku: Bandanaira

    25 Nov 1852 · 273 km away · intensity IX

    60 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  2. 1763

    Bandaneira

    12 Sep 1763 · 186 km away · intensity X

    7 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami

  3. 1975M5.9

    Maluku: Bandanaira

    15 Jan 1975 · 296 km away · intensity VII

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami

  4. 1963M8.3

    Banda Sea

    4 Nov 1963 · 114 km away

    Limited damage (under $1M)

  5. 1852M7.0

    Bandaneira

    24 Dec 1852 · 296 km away

    Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami

  6. 1908M6.6

    Timor

    23 Mar 1908 · 294 km away

    Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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