Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indonesian Ocean, 183 km south of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 at 22:11 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indonesian Ocean, 183 km south of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 at 22:11 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

22 Oct 22:18 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 7 minutes.
Oct 22 22:21: Magnitude recalculée de 5.1 à 5.2.
Date & time: 22 Oct 2019 22:11:06 UTC -
Magnitude: 5.2
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.5°S / 99.81°E (Océan Indien, Indonésie)
Volcan le plus près: Kerinci (185 km / 115 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
183 km OSO de Sungai Penuh (pop: 95,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
183 km SSO de Padang (pop: 840,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
211 km SSO de Solok (pop: 48,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
212 km S de Pariaman (pop: 92,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
239 km SSO de Sijunjung (pop: 27,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
252 km SSO de Bukittinggi (pop: 98,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
270 km SSO de Payakumbuh (pop: 121,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
309 km ONO de Bengkulu (pop: 309,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
350 km ONO de Lubuklinggau (pop: 148,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
883 km ONO de Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
33 km NO de Pulau Siabusabeu Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
370 km SO de Sumatra Island (pop: 50,365,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) More info
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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.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.210 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaGFZ
M 5.140 kmKep. Mentawai Region, IndonesiaEMSC
M 5.232 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaBMKG
M 5.113 km115km SE of Muara Siberut, IndonesiaUSGS
M 5.619 kmSouthern Sumatra, IndonesiaGeoAu

User reports for this quake (3)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
896.5 km N of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
852.5 km ESE of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
1048.3 km ESE of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks of the 5.2 quake Indonesian Ocean, 183 km south of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 22 October 2019 22:11 GMT

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):
  • 19 Nov 2019 11:33 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details

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Earlier earthquakes in the same area

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Indonesian Ocean, 183 km south of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 at 22:11 (GMT)
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