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

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In 2020, Indonesia has had 9,336 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.9:

17 quakes above magnitude 6
197 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
2,259 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
4,239 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
2,503 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
121 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Showing quakes magnitude 5.1 or higher, within up to 300 km (186 mi) distance (168 out of 9,336 quakes, show more):

Past earthquakes in or near Indonesia: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
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
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 30, 2020 12:21 am (Manila)	5.3 30 km	54 km (34 mi) to the NE	Mindanao, Philippines 8 reports	Info
Monday, December 28, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 28, 2020 03:31 pm (Makassar)	5.3 50 km	69 km (43 mi) to the NE	Southern Molucca Sea, Indonesia 1 report	Info
Friday, December 25, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 25, 2020 10:00 am (Makassar)	5.2 94 km	94 km (58 mi) to the NE	- Mindanao, Philippines 5 reports	Info
Thursday, December 24, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 24, 2020 09:24 am (Makassar)	5.3 55 km	77 km (48 mi) to the NE	- 167 km SSW of Tomohon, Indonesia	Info
Monday, December 21, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 21, 2020 09:33 pm (GMT +9)	5.1 94 km	101 km (63 mi) to the E	Banda Sea, Indonesia	Info
Dec 21, 2020 08:49 pm (Jayapura)	5.1 36 km		Irian Jaya, Indonesia	Info
Sunday, December 20, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 20, 2020 08:40 pm (Jayapura)	5.2 40 km	79 km (49 mi) to the NE	- 109 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia	Info
Thursday, December 17, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 17, 2020 08:38 pm (GMT +8)	5.2 13 km	37 km (23 mi) to the NE	Mindanao, Philippines	Info
Dec 17, 2020 04:30 pm (Makassar)	5.1 46 km	66 km (41 mi) to the NE	Northern Molucca Sea, Indonesia	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 7.6 x 10¹⁵ joules (2109 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.8 x 10⁶ tons of TNT or 113.4 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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