Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Flores Sea, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:08 am (GMT +8) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth
18 Jan 02:17 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 9 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 18, 2022 02:08:07 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:08 am (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.5 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 7.86°S / 118.54°E  (Flores Sea, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 7.86°N / 61.46°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Sangeang Api (70 km / 43 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 70 km (43 mi) NNW of Bima (pop: 67,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) N of Dompu (pop: 49,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 132 km (82 mi) ENE of Pototano (Kabupaten Sumbawa) (pop: 5,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) ENE of Sumbawa Besar (pop: 52,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 164 km (102 mi) WNW of Labuanbajo (pop: 188,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 218 km (136 mi) ENE of Labuan Lombok (Kabupaten Lombok Timur) (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 228 km (142 mi) WNW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 267 km (166 mi) ENE of Praya (Kabupaten Lombok Tengah) (pop: 35,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 275 km (171 mi) NW of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 279 km (173 mi) ENE of Matalam (pop: 318,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 115 km (72 mi) NNE of Pulau Sumbawa Island (pop: 1,391,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  26.3°C (79 F), humidity: 85%, wind: 10 m/s (20 kts) from WNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.5 | 10 km | Indonesia: FLORES SEA | EMSC |
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