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Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - on Wednesday, 10 February 2021 at 12:52 (GMT) - information

Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Indian Ocean, South Sumatra, 228 km south of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021 at 7:52 pm (GMT +7)

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Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Indian Ocean, South Sumatra, 228 km south of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021 at 7:52 pm (GMT +7) Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Indian Ocean, South Sumatra, 228 km south of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021 at 7:52 pm (GMT +7)

Very strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 36 km depth

10 Feb 12:59 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
10 Feb 13:00: Now using data updates from BMKG
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11 Feb 03:20: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 26.0 to 36.0 km (from 16.2 to 22 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.5 km (1.5 mi) towards SSE.
Update Wed, 10 Feb 2021, 13:21
Moderate yet deep magnitude 5.8 quake hits 3 km west of Pagar Alam, Indonesia early evening
5.8 quake 10 Feb 7:52 pm (GMT +7)
5.8 quake 10 Feb 7:52 pm (GMT +7)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred only 28 minutes ago 3 km west of Pagar Alam, Indonesia, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate to considerable depth of 285 km beneath the epicenter near Pagar Alam, Lahat Regency, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia, early evening on Wednesday 10 February 2021 at 7:52 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) which listed the quake at magnitude 6.3. Other agencies reporting the same quake include Geoscience Australia (GeoAu) at magnitude 6.2, the United States Geological Survey at magnitude 6.2, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 6.2, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 6.2.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
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 Pagar Alam (pop. 70,400) located 3 km from the epicenter, Lahat (pop. 65,900) 44 km away, Tanjungagung (pop. 53,100) 66 km away, Lubuklinggau (pop. 148,200) 90 km away, Curup (pop. 46,200) 99 km away, Baturaja (pop. 134,800) 106 km away, Bengkulu (pop. 309,700) 109 km away, and Prabumulih (pop. 103,500) 130 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Earthquake data

Date & time: Feb 10, 2021 12:52:29 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021 at 7:52 pm (GMT +7)
Magnitude: 6.3
Depth: 36.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.73°S / 101.58°E (Indian Ocean, South Sumatra, Indonesia)
Antipode: 5.73°N / 78.42°W
Nearest volcano: Patah (241 km / 150 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
228 km (141 mi) SSW of Benkulu (Bengkulu) (pop: 309,700) --> See nearby quakes!
265 km (165 mi) SW of Pagar Alam (South Sumatra) (pop: 70,400) --> See nearby quakes!
272 km (169 mi) SSW of Churup (Bengkulu) (pop: 46,200) --> See nearby quakes!
306 km (190 mi) SSW of Lubuklinggau (South Sumatra) (pop: 148,200) --> See nearby quakes!
307 km (191 mi) SW of Lahat (South Sumatra) (pop: 65,900) --> See nearby quakes!
317 km (197 mi) SW of Tanjungagung (South Sumatra) (pop: 53,100) --> See nearby quakes!
337 km (210 mi) WSW of Baturaja (South Sumatra) (pop: 134,800) --> See nearby quakes!
389 km (242 mi) SW of Prabumulih (South Sumatra) (pop: 103,500) --> See nearby quakes!
470 km (292 mi) SW of Palembang (South Sumatra) (pop: 1,441,500) --> See nearby quakes!
585 km (363 mi) W of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 28.3°C (83 F), humidity: 72%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SSW
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.336 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaBMKG
6.212 kmSouthwest of Sumatra, IndonesiaGFZ
6.210 kmSOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIAEMSC
6.210 km216 Km SSW of Bengkulu, IndonesiaUSGS
6.312 kmSouthwest of Sumatra, IndonesiaGeoAu
6.310.2 kmSouthwest of Sumatera, Indonesia [Sea: Indonesia]INGV

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Rancasawo, Bandung (686.9 km E of epicenter) [Map] / not felt : Earthquake not felt | One user found this interesting. (reported through our app)  
Kuala Lumpur (992.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Grobogan (1042.3 km E of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Nilai (951.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
933.8 km N of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
972.3 km N of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
2074.6 km NE of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Surakarta (1037.7 km E of epicenter) [Map] / not felt
523.1 km E of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
1576.1 km E of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
2114.3 km NE of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (23 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth		LocationDetails
May 22, 2021 08:25
1 year 0 weeks ago
4.6

20 km		Indian Ocean, 236 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Apr 22, 2021 18:35
1 year 4 weeks ago
4.6

10 km		Indian Ocean, 220 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Apr 22, 2021 01:14
1 year 4 weeks ago
4.0

10 km		Indian Ocean, 201 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Mar 17, 2021 23:20
1 year 9 weeks ago
3.4

10 km		Indian Ocean, 201 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Mar 8, 2021 11:16
1 year 11 weeks ago
4.0

22 km		Indian Ocean, 224 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Mar 2, 2021 00:38
1 year 12 weeks ago
4.1

10 km		Indian Ocean, 232 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Mar 2, 2021 00:17
1 year 12 weeks ago
5.1

18 km		Indian Ocean, 217 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Mar 1, 2021 22:12
1 year 12 weeks ago
4.4

10 km		Indian Ocean, 210 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 28, 2021 15:50
1 year 12 weeks ago
4.7

10 km		Indian Ocean, 218 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 27, 2021 17:16
1 year 12 weeks ago
4.5

10 km		Indian Ocean, 229 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 27, 2021 12:58
1 year 12 weeks ago
4.5

34 km		Indian Ocean, 224 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 22, 2021 23:33
1 year 13 weeks ago
3.9

10 km		Indian Ocean, 227 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 21, 2021 20:59
1 year 13 weeks ago
4.8

10 km		Indian Ocean, 246 km SW of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 17, 2021 09:48
1 year 14 weeks ago
4.8

17 km		Indian Ocean, 241 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 15, 2021 22:58
1 year 14 weeks ago
4.1

10 km		183 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 13, 2021 03:03
1 year 14 weeks ago
4.2

125 km		Indian Ocean, 190 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 12, 2021 00:48
1 year 14 weeks ago
3.6

27 km		Indian Ocean, 204 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 11, 2021 15:09
1 year 14 weeks ago
5.0

20 km		Indian Ocean, 224 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 11, 2021 04:40
1 year 14 weeks ago
3.5

10 km		Indian Ocean, 206 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 10, 2021 13:17
1 year 15 weeks ago
4.2

73 km		Indian Ocean, 236 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 10, 2021 13:17
1 year 15 weeks ago
3.9

10 km		Indian Ocean, 165 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 10, 2021 13:10
1 year 15 weeks ago
4.5

10 km		Indian Ocean, 218 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore
Feb 10, 2021 13:06
1 year 15 weeks ago
4.4

10 km		Indian Ocean, 229 km S of Benkulu, Bengkulu, IndonesiaMore

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