Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Flores Sea, 72 km northeast of Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 8:03 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Flores Sea, 72 km northeast of Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 8:03 am (GMT +8)

Séisme modéré magnitude 4.5 at 10 km depth

14 Jan 00:10 UTC: Premier à signaler: BMKG après 7 minutes.
14 Jan 00:15: Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 2.2 km (1.4 mi) au O.
Update Thu, 14 Jan 2021, 00:15
Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake 58 km north of Ruteng, Indonesia
4.5 quake 14 Jan 8:03 am (GMT +8)
4.5 quake 14 Jan 8:03 am (GMT +8)
Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Ruteng, Kabupaten Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Thursday 14 January 2021 at 8:03 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Ruteng (pop. 34,600) located 58 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Labuan Bajo (pop. 188,700) located 74 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 14 Jan 2021 00:03:20 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: jeudi, 14 janv. 2021 08:03 (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 4.5
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 8.09°S / 120.4°E (Flores Sea, Indonésie)
Volcan le plus près: Ranakah (60 km / 37 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
58 km N de Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
72 km NE de Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
162 km ONO de Ende (pop: 77,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
175 km N de Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
189 km ENE de Bima (pop: 67,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
208 km ONO de Maumere (pop: 47,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
219 km ENE de Dompu (pop: 49,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
344 km SSE de Makassar (pop: 1,321,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
421 km ONO de Kupang (pop: 282,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
475 km E de Mataram (pop: 318,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
100 km NO de Flores Island (pop: 1,831,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 28.5°C (83 F), humidity: 67%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SSE
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 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 4.510 kmFlores Region, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.510 kmFLORES REGION, INDONESIAEMSC

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