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M6.6 earthquake, Indonesia, 2012-10-12

MagnitudeM6.6mww

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Depth13 km

Time (UTC)2012-10-12 00:31

Rank in 201236 / 133among M6+

Rank since 19003718 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

163 km ENE of Tual, Indonesia · -4.89, 134.03

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

None

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1938 M8.5M8.5

1916 M7.7M7.7

1943 M7.7M7.7

2004 M7.3M7.3

1936 M7.1M7.1

2004 M7.1M7.1

1942 M7.1M7.1

1988 M7.0M7.0

2010 M7.0M7.0

1916 M7.0M7.0

2004 M7.0M7.0

1995 M6.9M6.9

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2012-09-08	2012-09-08 10:51	21 km	48 km WNW of Nabire, Indonesia
M6.0 2010-11-03	2010-11-03 11:18	10 km	184 km NE of Tual, Indonesia
M7.0 2010-09-29	2010-09-29 17:11	26 km	Near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia
M6.2 2010-09-29	2010-09-29 17:10	10 km	132 km NE of Tual, Indonesia
M6.0 2010-09-26	2010-09-26 12:12	30 km	133 km ENE of Tual, Indonesia
M6.2 2004-11-28	2004-11-28 07:36	23 km	31 km SSW of Nabire, Indonesia
M7.1 2004-11-26	2004-11-26 02:25	10 km	29 km SSW of Nabire, Indonesia
M6.7 2004-02-08	2004-02-08 08:58	26 km	38 km SSW of Nabire, Indonesia
M7.3 2004-02-07	2004-02-07 02:42	10 km	Near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia
M7.0 2004-02-05	2004-02-05 21:05	17 km	28 km S of Nabire, 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.