Past earthquakes in or near Indonesia: December 2020 - list, stats and map

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During December 2020, Indonesia has had 762 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.2:

0 quakes above magnitude 6
19 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
168 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
349 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
216 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
10 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Past earthquakes in or near Indonesia: December 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Jan 1, 2021 07:12 am (Makassar)	4.9 99 km	18 km (11 mi) to the S	- Sumbawa region, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 05:49 pm (Jakarta)	5.2 23 km	30 km (19 mi) to the W	209 Km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 06:18 pm (Makassar)	5.3 120 km	25 km (16 mi) to the SE	Flores Region, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 06:11 pm (Makassar)	3.9 103 km	1 km (0.6 mi) to the S	Sumbawa Region, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 09:33 am (GMT +7)	4.7 10 km	90 km (56 mi) to the W	- 176 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 08:11 am (GMT +8)	4.3 10 km	263 km (163 mi) to the SW	South of Sumbawa, Indonesia	Info
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 GMT (11 quakes)
Dec 31, 2020 07:02 am (GMT +8)	4.7 50 km	47 km (29 mi) to the NE	- 39 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines	Info
Dec 31, 2020 07:02 am (GMT +8)	4.3 10 km	45 km (28 mi) to the NE	Mindanao, Philippines	Info
Dec 31, 2020 05:29 am (Jayapura)	4.4 400 km	86 km (53 mi) to the E	Banda Sea, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 04:10 am (Jayapura)	4.7 10 km	78 km (48 mi) to the E	Ceram Sea, Indonesia	Info
Dec 31, 2020 02:06 am (Jayapura)	3.9 406 km	75 km (47 mi) to the E	Banda Sea, Indonesia	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3.3 x 10¹⁴ joules (91.2 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 78501 tons of TNT or 4.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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