Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake 64 km southwest of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia - VolcanoDiscovery

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Sun, 21 Mar 2021, 11:08

11:08 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

4.2 quake 21 Mar 6:48 pm (GMT +8)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early evening on Sunday 21 March 2021 at 6:48 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 90 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Komodo (pop. 2,000) located 35 km from the epicenter, Labuan Bajo (pop. 188,700) 64 km away, and Bima (pop. 67,000) 95 km away.

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Date & time: 21 Mar 2021 6:48 pm (GMT +8) local time (21 Mar 2021 10:48 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 90.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 8.92°S / 119.47°E (Selat Sumba, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG

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