Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 111 km southeast of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Monday, May 23, 2022 at 7:32 pm (GMT +7) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 59 km depth
23 May 12:43 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.
23 May 12:49: Now using data updates from USGS
23 May 12:49: Now using data updates from USGS
Update Mon, 23 May 2022, 12:51
Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia4.9 quake 23 May 7:32 pm (GMT +7)
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred only 19 minutes ago 111 km southeast of Benkulu, Indonesia, the United States Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 59.3 km beneath the epicenter near Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, early evening on Monday, May 23rd, 2022, at 7:32 pm local time. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.6, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.9.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pagar Alam (pop. 70,400) located 103 km from the epicenter, and Benkulu (pop. 309,700) 111 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 59.3 km beneath the epicenter near Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, early evening on Monday, May 23rd, 2022, at 7:32 pm local time. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.6, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.9.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pagar Alam (pop. 70,400) located 103 km from the epicenter, and Benkulu (pop. 309,700) 111 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
Earthquake data
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 23, 2022 12:32:00 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, May 23, 2022 at 7:32 pm (GMT +7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.9 |
| Depth | 59.3 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 4.7236°S / 102.6424°E  (Indian Ocean, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 4.724°N / 77.358°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Patah (88 km / 55 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 103 km (64 mi) SW of Pagar Alam (pop: 70,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 111 km (69 mi) SSE of Benkulu (pop: 309,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 140 km (87 mi) S of Churup (pop: 46,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 144 km (90 mi) SW of Lahat (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) S of Lubuklinggau (pop: 148,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 182 km (113 mi) WSW of Baturaja (pop: 134,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 308 km (191 mi) SW of Palembang (pop: 1,441,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 494 km (307 mi) WNW of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  29°C (84 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 2 m/s (5 kts) from SE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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.
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.9 | 59 km | 102 Km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia | USGS |
| 4.9 | 59 km | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| 4.9 | 59 km | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia | RaspberryShake |
| 5.0 | 70 km | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia | GFZ |
| 5.0 | 62 km | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia | GeoAu |
User reports for this quake
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