- An earthquake of 7.0 M at a depth of 48 km (7.1 M at a depth of 64 km as reported by the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency - BMKG) occurred in Molucca Sea (northern-central Indonesia) on 18 January at 06.06 UTC (13.06 local time).
- The epicentre was located offshore approximately 115 km north-west of the north-western coast of Halmahera Island (North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands) and 150 km north-east of the north-eastern coast of Northern Sulawesi Province.
- USGS PAGER estimates that up to 7,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
- The BMKG registered more than ten aftershocks of magnitude up to 5.4 M in the area.
- According to media, there are no initial reports of any casualties or damage following the seismic event.
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