Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake 58 km north of Ruteng, Indonesia
Thu, 14 Jan 2021, 00:23
00:23 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
4.5 quake 14 Jan 8:03 am (GMT +8)
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Ruteng (pop. 34,600) located 58 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Labuan Bajo (pop. 188,700) located 74 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: 14 Jan 2021 8:03 am (GMT +8) local time (14 Jan 2021 00:03 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 8.09°S / 120.4°E

Primary data source: BMKG
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