Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 164 km southwest of Labuan Bajo, Kabupaten Manggarai Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 29 September 2020 at 00:33 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 164 km southwest of Labuan Bajo, Kabupaten Manggarai Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 29 September 2020 at 00:33 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

29 Sep 00:45 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 12 minutes.
29 Sep 09:45: Epicenter location corrected by 2.5 km (1.5 mi) towards NNW.
4 Oct 23:35: Now using data updates from BMKG
Date & time: 29 Sep 2020 00:33:20 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.77°S / 119.14°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Wai Sano (153 km / 95 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
124 km (77 mi) W of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> See nearby quakes!
153 km (95 mi) SSE of Bima (pop: 67,000) --> See nearby quakes!
156 km (97 mi) SSE of Dompu (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
164 km (102 mi) SSW of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> See nearby quakes!
194 km (121 mi) SW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
236 km (147 mi) SE of Sumbawa Besar (pop: 52,700) --> See nearby quakes!
295 km (184 mi) WSW of Ende (pop: 77,200) --> See nearby quakes!
357 km (222 mi) ESE of Mataram (pop: 318,700) --> See nearby quakes!
448 km (279 mi) ESE of Denpasar (pop: 834,900) --> See nearby quakes!
1411 km (876 mi) ESE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
91 km (56 mi) W of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) --> See nearby quakes!
169 km (105 mi) SE of Pulau Sumbawa Island (pop: 1,391,300) --> See nearby quakes!
62 km (39 mi) W of Pulau Watusipu Island --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 27.6°C (82 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from SE
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 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 4.210 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.210 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaEMSC
M 4.210 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG

User reports for this quake (3)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
452.8 km WNW of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Marina Bay Sands Singapore / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating
Marina Bay Sands Singapore / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating
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Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 164 km southwest of Labuan Bajo, Kabupaten Manggarai Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 29 September 2020 at 00:33 (GMT)

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