Mag. 4.7 earthquake - 86 km southwest of Waingapu, Kabupaten Sumba Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 04:16 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.7 earthquake - 86 km southwest of Waingapu, Kabupaten Sumba Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 04:16 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 49 km depth

16 Jun 04:25 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 9 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 23.0 to 49.0 km.
Date & time: 16 Jun 2020 04:16:02 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 49.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.99°S / 119.56°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Wai Sano (150 km / 93 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
86 km (53 mi) WSW of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> See nearby quakes!
170 km (106 mi) SSW of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> See nearby quakes!
183 km (114 mi) SSW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
193 km (120 mi) SSE of Bima (pop: 67,000) --> See nearby quakes!
202 km (125 mi) SE of Dompu (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
264 km (164 mi) WSW of Ende (pop: 77,200) --> See nearby quakes!
288 km (179 mi) SE of Sumbawa Besar (pop: 52,700) --> See nearby quakes!
328 km (204 mi) WSW of Maumere (pop: 47,600) --> See nearby quakes!
409 km (254 mi) ESE of Mataram (pop: 318,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1461 km (908 mi) ESE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
55 km (34 mi) SW of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) --> See nearby quakes!
22 km (14 mi) SW of Pulau Watusipu Island --> See nearby quakes!
230 km (143 mi) SW of Flores Island (pop: 1,831,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 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 4.749 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.749 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaEMSC
M 4.256 km82 km WSW of Waingapu, IndonesiaUSGS

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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - 86 km southwest of Waingapu, Kabupaten Sumba Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 04:16 (GMT)
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