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Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Indian Ocean on Saturday, Feb 5, 2022 at 3:25 am (GMT +7) -

Very strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

4 Feb 20:34 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.
4 Feb 20:35: Epicenter location corrected by 9.7 km (6 mi) towards W.
4 Feb 20:44: Now using data updates from USGS
4 Feb 22:22: Magnitude recalculated from 6.1 to 6.3. Epicenter location corrected by 3.1 km (1.9 mi) towards S.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Feb 4, 2022 20:25:09 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Feb 5, 2022 at 3:25 am (GMT +7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.3
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	48.0343°S / 99.4981°E
Antipode	48.034°N / 80.502°W
Shaking intensity	Very strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 7.4°C (45 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	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

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.3	10 km	Southeast Indian Ridge	USGS
6.2	10 km	SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE	EMSC
5.4	10 km	Near Perth	RENASS
6.3	10 km	Southeast Indian Ridge	RaspberryShake
6.2	3.9 km	Southeast Indian Ridge [Sea]	INGV
6.4	10 km	Southeast Indian Ridge	GFZ
6.4	10 km	Southeast Indian Ridge	GeoAu

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 16186 km / 10057 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (2)

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Carey Park (2118.8 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 30-60 s : Was in bed, vibrations that mostly just felt like bed was on the back of truck and being driven along a gravel road. Lasted for approximately a minute

Perth / not felt : I was asleep but woke up around that time but didn't feel the quake. | One user found this interesting. (reported through our app)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Feb 5, 2022 01:58 1 year 7 weeks ago	4.9 10 km	Indian Ocean	More

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