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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 124 km southwest of Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia, on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:37 am (GMT +7) -

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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 124 km southwest of Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia, on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:37 am (GMT +7)

Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 26 km depth

25 May 22:48 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 10 minutes.
25 May 23:01: Now using data updates from USGS

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Earthquake details

Date & time	May 25, 2023 22:37:57 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:37 am (GMT +7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.8
Depth	26.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	1.4389°N / 97.0643°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Antipode	1.439°S / 82.936°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Toba (221 km / 137 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	124 km (77 mi) SW of Singkil (pop: 46,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 139 km (86 mi) SE of Sinabang (Kabupaten Simeulue) (pop: 15,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 194 km (120 mi) W of Sibolga (pop: 79,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 246 km (153 mi) W of Padangsidempuan (pop: 100,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 280 km (174 mi) SW of Pematangsiantar (pop: 209,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 288 km (179 mi) SSW of Binjai (pop: 228,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 298 km (185 mi) SW of Medan (pop: 1,751,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 452 km (281 mi) NW of Padang (pop: 840,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) WNW of Nias Island (pop: 756,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 27.9°C (82 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from SSW
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.8	26 km	Indonesia: Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra	USGS
4.8	26 km	Nias Region, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
4.8	10 km	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	IRIS
4.7	19 km	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	GFZ
4.8	30 km	NIAS REGION, INDONESIA	EMSC

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