Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - East Nusa Tenggara, 136 km south of Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 5 August 2020 at 08:27 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - East Nusa Tenggara, 136 km south of Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 5 August 2020 at 08:27 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

5 Aug 08:35 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Aug 5 08:39: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.5.
Aug 5 08:52: Magnitude recalculated from 5.5 to 5.3.
Date & time: 5 Aug 2020 08:27:12 UTC -
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.64°S / 119.06°E (East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Gilbanta (139 km / 86 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
126 km (78 mi) SSW of Komodo (pop: 2,000) --> See nearby quakes!
132 km (82 mi) W of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> See nearby quakes!
136 km (85 mi) SSE of Bima (West Nusa Tenggara) (pop: 67,000) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (86 mi) SSE of Dompu (West Nusa Tenggara) (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
156 km (97 mi) SW of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> See nearby quakes!
192 km (119 mi) SW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
221 km (137 mi) SE of Sumbawa Besar (West Nusa Tenggara) (pop: 52,700) --> See nearby quakes!
299 km (186 mi) WSW of Ende (pop: 77,200) --> See nearby quakes!
436 km (271 mi) ESE of Denpasar (Bali) (pop: 834,900) --> See nearby quakes!
1398 km (869 mi) ESE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
100 km (62 mi) W of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) --> See nearby quakes!
74 km (46 mi) WNW of Pulau Watusipu Island --> See nearby quakes!
318 km (198 mi) ESE of Lombok Island (pop: 3,311,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 5.6 x 1012 joules (1.56 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1344 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 5.310 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaGFZ
M 5.510 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaEMSC
M 5.210 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaGeoAu
M 5.210 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG
M 5.110 kmSumba region, IndonesiaUSGS

User reports for this quake

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Aftershocks of the 5.3 quake East Nusa Tenggara, 136 km south of Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 5 August 2020 08:27 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (140 quakes):
  • 02 Oct 2020 22:32 UTC
    | M 2.6 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    3 km (2 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 22:32 UTC
    | M 3.3 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 20:24 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    21 km (13 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 20:00 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    11 km (6.8 mi) depth
    |
    21 km (13 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 20:00 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    11 km (6.8 mi) depth
    |
    20 km (13 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 13:39 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 04:38 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 01 Oct 2020 05:09 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    24 km (15 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 18:38 UTC
    | M 4.3 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    22 km (14 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 09:17 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    21 km (13 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 05:52 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    16 km (10 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 01:16 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 29 Sep 2020 17:55 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 29 Sep 2020 11:48 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    11 km (6.8 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (14 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 29 Sep 2020 00:33 UTC
    | M 4.2 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 22 Sep 2020 16:17 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
    • Show all

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Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - East Nusa Tenggara, 136 km south of Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Wednesday, 5 August 2020 at 08:27 (GMT)
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