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M6.8 earthquake, Banda Sea, 1918-11-23

MagnitudeM6.8mw

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Depth15 km

Time (UTC)1918-11-23 22:57

Rank in 191821 / 94among M6+

Rank since 19002606 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×13approx.

Banda Sea · -6.79, 129.11

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

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

1969 M7.2M7.2

1905 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.3 1917-08-30	1917-08-30 04:07	140 km	145 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.5 1915-05-05	1915-05-05 11:09	35 km	264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M7.1 1914-07-04	1914-07-04 23:38	200 km	196 km SSE of Ambon, Indonesia
M6.9 1909-10-30	1909-10-30 10:17	150 km	Banda Sea
M6.7 1909-05-30	1909-05-30 21:01	15 km	284 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M7.2 1905-09-29	1905-09-29 11:52	35 km	58 km ENE 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.