Magnitude 6.6 - HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

2008 September 11 00:00:03 UTC

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.6
Date-Time	Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 00:00:03 UTC Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 09:00:03 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	1.875°N, 127.366°E
Depth	98.3 km (61.1 miles) set by location program
Region	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
Distances	120 km (75 miles) N of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia 285 km (175 miles) E of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 1575 km (980 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines 2460 km (1520 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate not available
Parameters	NST=381, Nph=381, Dmin=607.7 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp= 14°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS National Earthquake Information Service, Golden, Colorado, USA
Event ID	us2008wvab

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Felt (V) at Galela and Loloda; (IV) at Bitung and Ternate and (III) at Gorontalo and Manado.

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