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Earthquake of Magnitude 5.9 Strikes Indonesia's Sumbawa Region, GFZ Says
- A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sumbawa region on October 4, 2026, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences .
- The GFZ reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.
- Indonesia’s BNPB reported a separate magnitude 6.1 earthquake near Southwest Sumba, with strong shaking felt for about one minute.
- BNPB said there was no tsunami threat and that no damage or casualties had been reported.
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Did you feel that? MetMalaysia says 5.8 Sumatra quake could rattle western peninsular Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale was detected in North Sumatra, Indonesia, at 7.37am today.The Malaysian Meteorological Department...
·Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia. Second in the country above 5.5 in 50 minutes The post Indonesia: 6.1 magnitude earthquake off Sumba Island appeared first on in.gr.
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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Sunday morning. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported that the quake occurred at 5:07 a.m. and was 10 kilometers deep.
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded two major earthquakes that struck Indonesia in close succession. The two quakes struck Sumba and Aceh.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right7Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Right
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- 59% of the sources lean Right
59% Right
L 33%
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