Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 81 km south of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 16 June 2019 at 20:13 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 81 km south of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 16 June 2019 at 20:13 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 24 km depth

16 Jun 20:21 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Jun 16 20:27: Magnitude recalculated from 4.9 to 5.0.
Jun 17 14:34: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.2.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 24.0 km.
Date & time: 16 Jun 2019 20:13:55 UTC
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 24.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 10.34°S / 120.01°E (Indonesian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Wai Sano (191 km / 119 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
81 km (50 mi) SSW of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> See nearby quakes!
199 km (123 mi) SSW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
205 km (128 mi) S of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> See nearby quakes!
246 km (153 mi) SW of Ende (pop: 77,200) --> See nearby quakes!
252 km (157 mi) SE of Bima (pop: 67,000) --> See nearby quakes!
263 km (163 mi) SE of Dompu (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
308 km (191 mi) SW of Maumere (pop: 47,600) --> See nearby quakes!
394 km (245 mi) W of Kupang (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
470 km (292 mi) ESE of Mataram (pop: 318,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1520 km (944 mi) ESE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (44 mi) S of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (7 mi) W of Pulau Mangudu Island --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 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
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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.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.224 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaGFZ
M 5.147 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaEMSC
M 5.310 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG
M 5.131 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaGeoAu
M 5.052 km20km SSW of Lailunggi, IndonesiaUSGS

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Gilli Air (483.7 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt : I was woken up I don't know why around 4h.. (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks of the 5.2 quake Indian Ocean, 81 km south of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 16 June 2019 20:13 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):
  • 27 Jun 2019 20:10 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    42 km (26.1 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (1 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 18 Jun 2019 13:49 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 16 Jun 2019 21:20 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    18 km (11.2 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (4 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 81 km south of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, 16 June 2019 at 20:13 (GMT)
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