Banda Sea Earthquake
© USGS
Date-Time:
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 00:04:52 UTC
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 09:04:52 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
6.448°S, 129.196°E

Depth:
231.6 km (143.9 miles)

Region:
BANDA SEA

Distances:
- 285 km (180 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia
- 325 km (200 miles) SSE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
- 690 km (430 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
- 2475 km (1540 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 8.5 km (5.3 miles)

Parameters:
NST= 56, Nph= 62, Dmin=287.2 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010xpab

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.