Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 20 km south of Pulau Mangudu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Monday, 1 October 2018 at 23:27 (GMT)
This quake was likely a foreshock of the 6.0 quake Indonesian Ocean, 90 km south of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 2 October 2018 00:30 GMT, which followed after 1 hour and 4 minutes.
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Moderate magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 10 km depth
1 Oct 23:33 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 10.51°S / 120.16°E
(Indonesian Ocean, Indonesia)Nearest volcano: Wai Sano (200 km / 124 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
96 km (59 mi) S of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> See nearby quakes!
214 km (133 mi) S of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
226 km (140 mi) S of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> See nearby quakes!
248 km (154 mi) SW of Ende (pop: 77,200) --> See nearby quakes!
277 km (172 mi) SE of Bima (pop: 67,000) --> See nearby quakes!
288 km (179 mi) SE of Dompu (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
308 km (191 mi) SW of Maumere (pop: 47,600) --> See nearby quakes!
379 km (236 mi) W of Kupang (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
493 km (306 mi) ESE of Mataram (pop: 318,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1541 km (957 mi) ESE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) SSE of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (13 mi) SSE of Pulau Mangudu Island --> See nearby quakes!
235 km (146 mi) SSW of Flores Island (pop: 1,831,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.2 | 10 km | Sumba Region, Indonesia | GFZ |
| M 5.4 | 40 km | SUMBA REGION, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| M 5.3 | 25 km | Sumba Region, Indonesia | GeoAu |
| M 5.4 | 22 km | - 31km S of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia | USGS |
| M 5.3 | 10 km | Waingapu (3 MMI) | BMKG |
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(Indonesia, 591 km W of epicenter) : A small sway in our bed. (reported through EMSC)
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