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Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 148 km southwest of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 12:57 GMT -

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 43 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 30, 2022 12:57:31 UTC -
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	42.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	6.6378°S / 104.6916°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Antipode	6.638°N / 75.308°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Krakatau (100 km / 62 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	129 km (80 mi) WSW of Labuan (Kabupaten Pandeglang) (pop: 33,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 148 km (92 mi) SSW of Bandar Lampung (pop: 800,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) WSW of Pandeglang (pop: 92,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 172 km (107 mi) WSW of Serang (pop: 164,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 175 km (109 mi) W of Rangkasbitung (pop: 126,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SSW of Metro (pop: 149,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 243 km (151 mi) WSW of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 258 km (160 mi) W of Bekasi (pop: 1,520,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
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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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.5	18 km	SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.5	18 km	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
4.5	43 km	129 Km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Ubin (UBIN/MS network) | Distance from quake: 899 km / 559 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Ubin: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake

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