Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 03:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tobelo (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 77.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 127.318 and latitude 1.788.

Magnitude 5.0
Alert Strong
Depth 96.1 km
Coordinates 1.788, 127.318
UTC time 2009-01-07 03:43:07.650
Location Tobelo
Country Indonesia (ID)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2009-01-07

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