Moderate quake strikes in Indonesia's North Maluku Sea

 A moderate magnitude 3.7 earthquake occurred in the Ceram Sea near the coast of Maluku,  Indonesia, late in the evening of Friday, Mar 7, 2025 at 10.24 pm local time (GMT +9). The quake had a moderate depth of 177 km (110 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).

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Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 177 km depth

7 Mar 14:00 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 36 minutes.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 7, 2025 13:24:28 UTC - 2 hours 49 minutes ago
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 7, 2025, at 10:24 pm (GMT +9)
Status	Confirmed (manually revised)
Magnitude	3.7
Depth	177 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	3.16°S / 130.79°E Kabupaten Seram Bagian Timur, Maluku, Indonesia
Seismic antipode	3.16°N / 49.21°W Brazil
Shaking intensity	Not felt
Primary data source	BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Nearest volcano	Banda Api (183 km / 114 mi)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds  28.1°C (83 F), humidity: 80%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	2.2 x 1010 joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.7 | about seismic energy

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