From these experts, it follows that the source of the earthquake lies at a depth of 10 km, 266 km from Baubau.

Prelim M5.5 Earthquake Banda Sea Jan-02 11:25 UTC, updates https://t.co/nt4TTp7tjY

- USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) January 2, 2020

Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred in northeast Iran.

On December 27, experts recorded an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 50 km from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southwest Iran.