Mag. 3.8 earthquake - 49 km south of Padang, Indonesia, on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 23:57 (GMT) -

Mag. 3.8 earthquake - 49 km south of Padang, Indonesia, on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 23:57 (GMT)

Minor magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 58 km depth

16 Oct 00:05 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 8 minutes.
16 Oct 00:10: Magnitude recalculated from 3.9 to 3.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 37.0 to 60.0 km (from 23 to 37 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 27 km (16.5 mi) towards NE.
16 Oct 06:20: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 60.0 to 58.0 km (from 37 to 36 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards W.
Date & time: 15 Oct 2020 23:57:26 UTC -
Magnitude: 3.8
Depth: 58.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.37°S / 100.49°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Talang (48 km / 30 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
49 km (31 mi) SSE of Padang (pop: 840,400) --> See nearby quakes!
66 km (41 mi) SSW of Solok (pop: 48,400) --> See nearby quakes!
92 km (57 mi) SW of Sijunjung (pop: 27,800) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) SSE of Pariaman (pop: 92,200) --> See nearby quakes!
119 km (74 mi) S of Bukittinggi (pop: 98,700) --> See nearby quakes!
126 km (78 mi) NW of Sungai Penuh (pop: 95,900) --> See nearby quakes!
129 km (80 mi) S of Payakumbuh (pop: 121,600) --> See nearby quakes!
235 km (146 mi) SSW of Pekanbaru (pop: 704,000) --> See nearby quakes!
483 km (300 mi) SW of Batam (pop: 1,164,400) --> See nearby quakes!
887 km (551 mi) NW of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
3 km (2 mi) N of Pulau Aurgadang Island --> See nearby quakes!
146 km (91 mi) ENE of Pulau Karangmajat Island --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 27.2°C (81 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from E
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 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 3.858 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaBMKG
M 3.937 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaEMSC

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