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M6.6 earthquake, Banda Sea, 1969-08-08

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth176 km

Time (UTC)1969-08-08 20:44

Rank in 196935 / 144among M6+

Rank since 19003846 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

Banda Sea · -6.07, 129.57

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1938 M8.5M8.5

1963 M8.1M8.1

1950 M7.7M7.7

2006 M7.6M7.6

2023 M7.6M7.6

1927 M7.5M7.5

1917 M7.3M7.3

1983 M7.3M7.3

2019 M7.3M7.3

2021 M7.3M7.3

1992 M7.3M7.3

1950 M7.3M7.3

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.4 1969-04-13	1969-04-13 23:33	168 km	Banda Sea
M6.2 1969-02-24	1969-02-24 00:08	35 km	207 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M6.0 1968-09-27	1968-09-27 03:58	151 km	291 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.0 1967-10-12	1967-10-12 18:31	88 km	Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
M6.2 1967-03-19	1967-03-19 01:10	98 km	Banda Sea
M6.5 1965-11-21	1965-11-21 10:31	133 km	267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M6.7 1965-08-20	1965-08-20 05:54	330 km	225 km S of Ambon, Indonesia
M6.1 1965-05-12	1965-05-12 10:33	153 km	271 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M6.9 1964-07-08	1964-07-08 11:55	190 km	265 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia
M6.8 1964-03-21	1964-03-21 03:42	358 km	250 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.