Un séisme de magnitude 7,1 sur l'échelle de Richter s'est produit en mer de Banda en Indonésie, tout prêt de l'archipel des Moluques, générant une alerte au tsunami.

Magnitude: 7.1
Date-Time: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 16:53:09 UTC - Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 01:53:09 AM at epicenter
Location: 6.522°S, 129.813°E
Depth: 157.7 km (98.0 miles)
Region: BANDA SEA

Distances:
229 km (142 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
338 km (210 miles) WSW of Tual, Indonesia
360 km (223 miles) SSE of Ambon, Indonesia
366 km (227 miles) SSE of Amahai, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 13.2 km (8.2 miles); depth +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles)
Parameters: NST=381, Nph=385, Dmin=230.4 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 14°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source: Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: usc000e7j6