Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 56 km south of Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Monday, 1 Mar 2021 7:13 am (GMT +7) -

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 56 km south of Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Monday, 1 Mar 2021 7:13 am (GMT +7)

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 30 km depth

1 Mar 00:20 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 7 minutes.
1 Mar 04:25: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 38.0 to 30.0 km (from 24 to 18.6 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9 km (5.6 mi) towards SSW.
Update Mon, 1 Mar 2021, 00:24
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 51 km southeast of Bengkulu, Indonesia
4.6 quake 1 Mar 7:13 am (GMT +7)
4.6 quake 1 Mar 7:13 am (GMT +7)
Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in Indonesia near Bengkulu, only 10 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Monday 1 March 2021 at 7:13 am local time at a moderately shallow depth of 38 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Bengkulu (pop. 309,700) located 51 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Curup (pop. 46,200) located 84 km from the epicenter, Pagar Alam (pop. 70,400) 92 km away, and Lubuklinggau (pop. 148,200) 113 km away.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 1 Mar 2021 00:13:37 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, 1 Mar 2021 7:13 am (GMT +7)
Magnitude: 4
Depth: 30.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.29°S / 102.4°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Dempo (79 km / 49 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
56 km (35 mi) SSE of Benkulu (pop: 309,700) --> See nearby quakes!
92 km (57 mi) S of Curup (pop: 46,200) --> See nearby quakes!
98 km (61 mi) WSW of Pagar Alam (pop: 70,400) --> See nearby quakes!
122 km (76 mi) SSW of Lubuklinggau (pop: 148,200) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (86 mi) WSW of Lahat (pop: 65,900) --> See nearby quakes!
161 km (100 mi) WSW of Tanjungagung (pop: 53,100) --> See nearby quakes!
197 km (122 mi) W of Baturaja (pop: 134,800) --> See nearby quakes!
224 km (139 mi) WSW of Prabumulih (pop: 103,500) --> See nearby quakes!
302 km (188 mi) WSW of Palembang (pop: 1,441,500) --> See nearby quakes!
537 km (334 mi) WNW of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 26.6°C (80 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NNE
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 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
4.030 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaBMKG
4.638 kmSOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIAEMSC

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