Very Strong aftershock in the Molucca Sea (will be strongly felt in Sulawesi) – NO Pacific Ocean Tsunami threat

Last update: November 26, 2014 at 3:48 pm by By Armand Vervaeck

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Update 15:28 UTC : Below the Tsunami Waves grid as published by GDACS and based on preliminary data (confirmed in the meanwhile) = NO tsunami expected. The M7.0 mainshock had max. tsunami waves measured at 9 cm only.

Update 15:17 UTC : At least 4 +M5 aftershocks since the mainshock today, thats in less than 1 hour

Update 15:15 UTC : The shaking values below are not in accordance with the Manado people who are talking about a strong shaking. We trust the opinion of the Manado people as they are experiencing a lot of earthquakes. Based on their felt reports, we expect at least some minor to moderate damage.

Update 15:11 UTC : One of our readers living in Manado, Sulawesi wrote:

No damage as far as we can see, but all the people run outside the buildings and stay at the street

Update 15:07 UTC : BMKG has a IV (light shaking) MMI for Manado, Sulawesi. There will be certainly aftershocks but most of them will not be felt on the islands because of the middle of the sea epicenter

Update 15:06 UTC : The seismogram from the BMKG / Geofon station in Tolitoli, Indonesia

Update 14:58 UTC : Earthquake-Report.com expects some minor material damage in Sulawesi based on our experience + the 2 recent M6.7 and M7.3 earthquakes/aftershock

Update 14:57 UTC : Professor Max Wyss who specializes in theoretical calculations of human losses does not expect any killed or injured people based on the current parameters.

Update 14:55 UTC : The hypocenter (breaking point) is in line with the mainshock and the other very strong aftershock and has a preliminary depth of 66 km (partly the reason why there is no major tsunami threat)

Update 14:48 UTC : USGS reports a preliminary Magnitude of M7.0 (Tsunami calculations are based on this Magnitude). We do however NOT exclude that a local Indonesian Tsunami alert will go off.

Update 14:45 UTC : PWTC Pacific Ocean Tsunami message : BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA… THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

Update 14:43 UTC : A similar aftershock than last week (also that aftershock had a Magnitude of M6.7 but was a little more to the East)

150km (93mi) NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
150km (93mi) NW of Ternate, Indonesia
157km (98mi) W of Tobelo, Indonesia
165km (103mi) ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
1061km (659mi) SW of Koror Town, Palau