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Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - Flores Sea, 130 km northwest of Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:57 am (GMT +8) -

Updated: Jan 27, 2023 10:35 GMT - refresh

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Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - Flores Sea, 130 km northwest of Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:57 am (GMT +8)

Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 10 km depth

26 Jan 02:06 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 9 minutes.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 26, 2023 01:57:08 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:57 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.7
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	7.83°S / 121.07°E (Flores Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	7.83°N / 58.93°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Paluweh (89 km / 55 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	110 km (68 mi) NE of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 130 km (81 mi) NNW of Ende (pop: 77,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 141 km (87 mi) NE of Kondas (pop: 500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 150 km (93 mi) ENE of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 153 km (95 mi) NW of Maumere (pop: 47,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) ENE of Komodo (pop: 2,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) N of Flores Island (pop: 1,831,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Scattered Clouds 27.5°C (81 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WNW
Estimated seismic energy released	2.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.7	10 km	Indonesia: FLORES SEA	EMSC
3.7	10 km	Indonesia: Flores Sea	RaspberryShake

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