2023 Tanimbar earthquake

The quake struck the Tanimbar region of eastern Indonesia on the Tuesday and prompted the Indonesian seismological agency BMKG to issue tsunami warnings for nearby islands. The Maldives Meteorological Service stated there was no threat to the Maldives. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre gave the magnitude as 7.7 and the depth as 97 kilometres, while the catalogue puts them at 7.6 and 105 kilometres.

Origin time (UTC)

2023-01-09T17:47

Magnitude

7.6

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

104.95

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j36j

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, tanimbar, maluku, tsunami warning

Coordinates: -7.0586, 130.009

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in Indonesia since 2000

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