An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 and increasingly strong aftershocks were recorded just south of the southern Indonesian island of Sumba, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Oct. 2
The first 5.0 tremor was felt at 7:12 a.m. local time from a depth of 10 km, according to the USGS website. This was followed by a stronger, deeper 5.4 magnitude aftershock from 22.3 km at 7:27 a.m and another 5.9 tremor at 7:59 a.m from a depth of 10.6 km.
