Magnitude 7.2 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
2009 February 11 17:34:50 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude | 7.2 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 3.902°N, 126.400°E |
Depth | 20 km (12.4 miles) set by location program |
Region | KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA |
Distances | 280 km (175 miles) SSE of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines 315 km (195 miles) NNE of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 1320 km (820 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines 2445 km (1520 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | NST=221, Nph=221, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.24 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 |
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Event ID | us2009cybb |
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Tectonic Summary
The recent earthquake near Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia of February 11, 2009 likely occurred as a result of reverse faulting on or near the plate-boundary system separating the Philippine Sea and Celebes Sea basins. Northeastern Indonesia is characterized by complex tectonics in which motions of numerous small plates are accommodating large-scale convergence between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. In the region of today's earthquake, the Philippine Sea plate moves west-northwest with respect to the Sunda plate at a velocity of about 62 mm/year. Locally, arc-arc collision is occurring between the Sangihe and Halmahera micro plates, wedging between them the Molucca Sea micro plate, which subducts beneath both (i.e. to the east and west) and forms an inverted-U-shaped seismic zone. Seismicity within the Molucca Sea plate is active to depths of approximately 260 km to the east and 400 km to the west. The tectonic setting of this region is unique in that it is the only global example of an active arc-arc collision consuming an oceanic basin via subduction in two directions.
The earthquake occurred approximately 30 km off the western coast of the Pulau Salebabu (Indonesia) in an area that has seen large earthquakes in the past. Since 1986, there have been two earthquakes with magnitude greater than 7 in this region.
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