Molucca Sea
A number of earthquakes occurred today in the Molucca Sea region close
to small Islands of Gureda and Maju. String of earthquakes started
with major 7.
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Coordinates: 0°25′S 125°25′E / 0.417°S 125.417°E / -0.417; 125.
The Molucca sea was an active area for spice trade, and was controlled
by 4 sultanates.
discussed in the article Molucca Sea Collision Zone.
Large earthquakes frequently strike this area sometimes triggering
tsunamis.
Recent large quakes (>6.
More recent scientific studies suggest the Molucca Sea Plate has been
totally subsumed by the Halmahera Plate and the Sangihe Plate, so that
no portion of the Molucca Sea Plate remains exposed to the
The Molucca Sea Plate (also Molucca Sea Microplate) was theorised to
be a small tectonic plate carrying northern Sulawesi, the Molucca Sea
and a portion of the Banda Sea in a region littered
the Molucca Sea, one of the Moluccas .
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The Molucca Sea is situated between Celebes, Halmahera and the Sula
Islands. It includes the Tomini Bay.
The three basic forms are all present in the Molucca Sea.
The Molucca Sea is an important passageway for deep water
flowing from the Pacific Ocean through the Australasian
in the Molucca Sea Plate on Sunday 21 January 2007
The Molucca Sea is an active earthquake area.
Philippine Sea Plate, as most of the Molucca Sea Plate has already
been "consumed" (subducted) by the Halmahera subduction zone in the
east and by the Sangihe subduction zone in the west.
The Molucca Sea Plate is a micro plate squeezed in between the micro
plates: Sangihe Plate and Malmahera Plate, all three in Indonesia.
The Molucca Sea collision zone, Indonesia
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surface intersection in the Molucca Sea forms a zone of crustal
collision.
THE MOLUCCA SEA COLLISION ZONE, INDONESIA
THE MOLUCCA SEA COLLISION ZONE, INDONESIA
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depression of the Molucca Sea is the 15,780-foot (4,810-metre) Batjan
(Bacan) basin. This area of the Pacific often experiences earthquakes
and crustal warping.
the Molucca Sea in northeastern Indonesia, damaging a church and
injuring three people, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
3 Quake Under Molucca Sea Generates Caution About Tsunami; 5.
B show the location 5 millions years before when the Molucca Sea was
much larger and less advanced in the subduction. (Hall, 2000)
Figure 4. Cross-sections of the Molucca Sea Plate at two locations.
The Molucca Sea currently the only present day example of ocean basin
closure as a result subduction of oceanic lithosphere in two opposite
directions.
The Molucca Sea is a micro plate that is subducting in two directions
under the Eurasian Plate to the west and Philippine Sea plate to the
East.
The Molucca Sea is located in the western Pacific Ocean, within the
country of Indonesia.
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JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck the Molucca Sea in
Indonesia on Monday evening, seismologists said.
The 6.3-magnitude earthquake at 7.05 p.m.
Location of the Molucca Sea within Southeast Asia
Coordinates: ⇒0°25′S 125°25′E? / ?0.417°S 125.417°E? / -0.417; 125.