- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 18, 2020 CE
- Location:
- 146 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mww
- Depth:
- 44 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5.514
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2020 CE
- Greece, Samos, Turkey: Izmir · Mw 7 · 118 deaths
- Turkey, Elazig And Malatya Provinces · Mw 6.7 · 41 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca · Mw 7.4 · 10 deaths
- Turkey, Van, Iran · Mw 6 · 10 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Petrinja · Mw 6.4 · 8 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Qiaojia · Mw 5.1 · 4 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.0 - 146 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (2020 CE) happen?
- January 18, 2020 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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