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Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 194 km west of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Friday, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:29 pm (GMT +7) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.8 quake Indian Ocean, 216 km southwest of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, Nov 18, 2022 8:37 pm (GMT +7), which had occurred 52 minutes earlier.

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 194 km west of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia, on Friday, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:29 pm (GMT +7)

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

18 Nov 14:36 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 7 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 18, 2022 14:29:11 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:29 pm (GMT +7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	4.42°S / 100.63°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Antipode	4.42°N / 79.37°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Kaba (243 km / 151 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	194 km (121 mi) WSW of Benkulu (pop: 309,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 235 km (146 mi) WSW of Churup (pop: 46,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 276 km (172 mi) SSW of Sungai Penuh (pop: 95,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 277 km (172 mi) WSW of Lubuklinggau (pop: 148,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 717 km (445 mi) WNW of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 27.7°C (82 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 4 m/s (8 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	SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.5	10 km	Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Ubin (UBIN/MS network) | Distance from quake: 747 km / 464 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

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