Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 210 km south of Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 5:12 am (GMT +7) -

This quake was likely a foreshock of the 5.1 quake Indian Ocean, 217 km south of Bengkulu, Indonesia, 2 Mar 2021 7:17 am (GMT +7), which followed after 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 210 km south of Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 5:12 am (GMT +7)

Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 10 km depth

1 Mar 22:20 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 8 minutes.
1 Mar 22:40: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.4. Epicenter location corrected by 8.1 km (5 mi) towards NNW.
Date & time: 1 Mar 2021 22:12:01 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 5:12 am (GMT +7)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.6°S / 101.68°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Patah (236 km / 147 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
210 km (131 mi) SSW of Benkulu (pop: 309,700) --> See nearby quakes!
247 km (153 mi) SW of Pagar Alam (pop: 70,400) --> See nearby quakes!
255 km (158 mi) SSW of Curup (pop: 46,200) --> See nearby quakes!
288 km (179 mi) SSW of Lubuklinggau (pop: 148,200) --> See nearby quakes!
289 km (179 mi) SW of Lahat (pop: 65,900) --> See nearby quakes!
299 km (186 mi) SW of Tanjungagung (pop: 53,100) --> See nearby quakes!
321 km (199 mi) WSW of Baturaja (pop: 134,800) --> See nearby quakes!
397 km (247 mi) W of Bandar Lampung (pop: 800,300) --> See nearby quakes!
452 km (281 mi) SW of Palembang (pop: 1,441,500) --> See nearby quakes!
576 km (358 mi) W of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 28.3°C (83 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from W
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 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
4.410 kmSouthwest of Sumatra, IndonesiaBMKG
4.210 kmSOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIAEMSC
4.310 km216 Km SSW of Bengkulu, IndonesiaUSGS

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