Strong Mag. 5.6 Earthquake - Indian Ocean, Australia, on Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:47 am (GMT +8)

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Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - Offshore Northern WA, Indian Ocean, Australia, on Friday, 29 January 2021 at 19:47 (GMT) - information

Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - Indian Ocean, Australia, on Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:47 am (GMT +8)

Strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

29 Jan 19:54 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
29 Jan 19:56: Magnitude recalculated from 6.4 to 6.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 94.0 to 91.0 km (from 58 to 57 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4 km (2.5 mi) towards NNE.
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31 Jan 22:17: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 20.0 to 10.0 km (from 12.4 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2 km (1.3 mi) towards NNW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 29, 2021 19:47:56 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:47 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	13.924°S / 121.827°E (Indian Ocean, Australia)
Antipode	13.924°N / 58.173°W
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GeoAu (Geoscience Australia )
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	422 km (263 mi) NNW of Derby (pop: 4,110) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 434 km (270 mi) NNW of Meda (pop: 58) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 528 km (328 mi) NW of King Leopold Ranges (pop: 766) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 29.2°C (85 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 10 m/s (19 kts) from W
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹³ joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.6	10 km	Offshore Northern WA, Indian Ocean, Australia	GeoAu
5.6	10 km	Northwest of Australia	GFZ
6.0	10 km	Northwest of Australia	BMKG
5.6	10 km	Northwest of Australia	USGS
5.6	2 km	NORTHWEST OF AUSTRALIA	EMSC

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User reports for this quake (3)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Kununurra, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia (770.8 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

Johnston / not felt

Bundoora. Melbourne. Victoria. / not felt

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Feb 5, 2021 13:54 2 years ago	3.2 10 km	Indian Ocean, Australia	More

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