Mw 6.8 SE Banda Sea, Indonesia: Seen in Sydney

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On May 6, 2020, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, at a depth of 107 km. The earthquake was located offshore, which mitigated the risk of a tsunami, and no tsunami warnings were issued. Additionally, on May 8, 2020, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake was recorded 233 km northeast of Dili, East Timor, at a significant depth of 413.3 km. The deeper the earthquake, the lower the amplitude of surface waves, which would have been more pronounced if the quake had occurred at a shallower depth of 5 to 20 km.
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Mw 6.8 SE Banda Sea, Indonesia
Fortunately at sea
No tsunami warning issues

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70009b14/executive

from my seismograph in Sydney, Australia...

6.8 SE Banda Sea zhi.jpg
 
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Astronuc said:
Fairly deep at 107.0 km depth

Yes, the amplitude of the surface waves would have been so much greater had the quake been at the typical shallow depth of
5 - 20 km.D
 

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