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Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 110 km south of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:25 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 110 km south of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:25 am (GMT +8) Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 110 km south of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:25 am (GMT +8)

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 26 km depth

18 Mar 19:36 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 11 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & timeMar 18, 2023 19:25:21 UTC -
Local time at epicenterSunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:25 am (GMT +8)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude4.5
Depth26.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude9.4°S / 119.04°E (Sumba Strait, Indonesia)
Antipode9.4°N / 60.96°W
Shaking intensityLight shaking near epicenter
Felt0 reports
Primary data sourceRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcanoGilbanta (113 km / 70 mi)
Nearby towns and cities103 km (64 mi) SSW of Komodo (pop: 2,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
110 km (68 mi) SSE of Bima (pop: 67,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
115 km (71 mi) SE of Dompu (pop: 49,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
137 km (85 mi) SW of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
137 km (85 mi) W of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
179 km (111 mi) WSW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
203 km (126 mi) ESE of Pototano (Kabupaten Sumbawa) (pop: 5,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
205 km (127 mi) ESE of Sumbawa Besar (pop: 52,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
107 km (66 mi) WNW of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
135 km (84 mi) ESE of Pulau Sumbawa Island (pop: 1,391,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quakeBroken Clouds 26.5°C (80 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released3.5 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

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.DepthLocationSource
4.526 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaRaspberryShake
4.526 kmSUMBA REGION, INDONESIAEMSC

User reports for this quake

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake.

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