LARGE 6.8 magnitude quake hit the BANDA SEA - Tuesday August 30, 2011

MAP

6.8

2011/08/30 06:57:41

-6.401

126.774

465.0

BANDA SEA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005lkk.php

No threat of tsunami in the Indian Ocean:

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=indian.2011.08.30.070424

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_Sea

Earthquakes are very frequent in the area, due to the confluence of three tectonic plates - Eurasian, Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

SEE ALSO:

• List of Indonesian earthquakes
• List of volcanoes in Indonesia#Banda_Sea

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Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal in NE Indian Ocean being hit with a swarm of earthquakes today - July 26, 2009 11:45am CDT

Update time = Sun Jul 26 16:40:04 UTC 2009

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	2.8	2009/07/26 16:04:42	18.502	-65.518	119.7	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	4.9	2009/07/26 15:51:00	10.494	94.239	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	5.2	2009/07/26 15:27:04	11.862	94.351	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	2.8	2009/07/26 15:18:44	51.949	-175.747	14.9	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	4.9	2009/07/26 14:58:13	10.601	94.115	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	2.8	2009/07/26 14:55:02	18.807	-66.076	40.8	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.9	2009/07/26 14:19:06	19.308	-66.490	38.9	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	4.9	2009/07/26 13:48:51	10.495	93.829	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	5.1	2009/07/26 13:29:14	10.666	94.296	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.9	2009/07/26 12:48:36	10.696	94.314	11.2	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	3.0	2009/07/26 12:38:12	52.133	-174.106	0.1	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 12:34:33	10.701	94.380	14.5	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 12:25:51	10.555	94.075	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 11:55:44	10.615	94.244	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.5	2009/07/26 11:18:52	10.828	94.493	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.6	2009/07/26 10:58:01	10.684	94.367	8.8	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.7	2009/07/26 10:42:29	10.839	94.404	23.4	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	2.8	2009/07/26 10:28:48	53.873	-164.225	32.7	UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP	4.9	2009/07/26 10:14:16	10.724	94.379	16.1	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 09:40:26	10.651	94.414	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.6	2009/07/26 09:06:47	11.129	94.894	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	3.0	2009/07/26 08:58:29	18.611	-66.046	109.8	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	4.6	2009/07/26 08:51:32	11.126	123.997	133.7	VISAYAN SEA, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.6	2009/07/26 08:40:56	10.741	94.420	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.7	2009/07/26 08:11:16	10.725	94.347	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	2.6	2009/07/26 07:44:00	35.724	-121.102	6.9	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 07:40:13	10.736	94.288	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	2.6	2009/07/26 07:32:20	36.573	-121.169	6.1	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 06:54:48	10.887	94.493	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.7	2009/07/26 06:47:27	55.252	166.728	35.0	KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION
MAP	4.7	2009/07/26 06:45:37	10.891	94.480	10.0	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	2.6	2009/07/26 06:36:22	37.418	-121.767	7.3	SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.3	2009/07/26 06:11:55	63.159	-150.412	100.0	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	5.1	2009/07/26 06:10:58	23.434	121.439	6.1	TAIWAN
MAP	5.4	2009/07/26 06:06:46	-0.356	132.273	35.0	NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
MAP	5.0	2009/07/26 05:03:16	-20.123	169.833	236.7	VANUATU
MAP	3.5	2009/07/26 04:54:03	33.629	-116.724	13.7	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.5	2009/07/26 03:27:37	17.979	-65.659	17.4	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	4.6	2009/07/26 03:24:07	20.049	145.851	59.2	MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
MAP	4.8	2009/07/26 03:07:49	1.571	124.763	208.4	MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP	2.5	2009/07/26 01:09:24	32.474	-115.206	2.7	BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP	4.9	2009/07/26 01:00:12	23.648	121.058	17.5	TAIWAN