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M6.8 earthquake, Molucca Sea, 1993-12-09

MagnitudeM6.8mw

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Depth16 km

Time (UTC)1993-12-09 11:38

Rank in 199322 / 148among M6+

Rank since 19002371 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

Molucca Sea · 0.42, 125.89

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1998 M7.7M7.7

1932 M7.7M7.7

1968 M7.7M7.7

1907 M7.5M7.5

1986 M7.5M7.5

2007 M7.5M7.5

2026 M7.4M7.4

1908 M7.3M7.3

1938 M7.2M7.2

2019 M7.2M7.2

1963 M7.1M7.1

1925 M7.1M7.1

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.9 1993-12-09	1993-12-09 04:32	14 km	150 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia
M6.1 1993-05-30	1993-05-30 17:08	81 km	85 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.3 1992-08-02	1992-08-02 05:50	19 km	179 km S of Sofifi, Indonesia
M6.0 1992-06-10	1992-06-10 02:13	30 km	83 km WSW of Tomohon, Indonesia
M6.0 1992-06-06	1992-06-06 21:40	18 km	89 km WSW of Tomohon, Indonesia
M6.1 1992-01-13	1992-01-13 11:58	113 km	60 km N of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.2 1990-12-13	1990-12-13 12:26	33 km	88 km WSW of Tomohon, Indonesia
M6.4 1990-08-25	1990-08-25 15:47	11 km	147 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.2 1990-08-10	1990-08-10 15:44	53 km	143 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.0 1990-05-15	1990-05-15 18:31	30 km	105 km W of Tomohon, Indonesia

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.