Reviewed by USGSIndonesia60y ago
M6.3 earthquake 94 km SSE of Dampit, Indonesia
Sunday, February 19, 1967, 22:14:37 UTC · 9.045°S, 112.956°E
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck 94 km SSE of Dampit, Indonesia on Sunday, February 19, 1967, 22:14:37 UTC, at a depth of 85.4 km (intermediate). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.4 on May 29, 1955.
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 85 km
- Intermediate
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- V
- Moderate (ShakeMap)
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeColoured lines: estimated shaking intensity (USGS ShakeMap)
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
51 kilotons of TNT
That is about 3 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 106 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
194 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Sunda and Australian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: intermediate
85 km
Intermediate-depth earthquakes usually break inside a plate that is sinking into the mantle. Shaking spreads over a wide area but is gentler at the epicenter than a shallow quake of the same size.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 24 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.6233 km S of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 11, 1921 · 276 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.1138 km SSE of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 10, 1926 · 256 km W of this epicenter
- 6.992 km S of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 27, 1937 · 280 km W of this epicenter
- 6.7169 km S of Boyolangu, IndonesiaJuly 7, 1910 · 157 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.668 km S of Sumberpucung, IndonesiaSeptember 11, 1916 · 72 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.69 km NW of Tuban, IndonesiaJune 19, 1950 · 268 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.57 km WNW of Ubud, IndonesiaJanuary 20, 1917 · 254 km E of this epicenter
- 6.4244 km SSW of Trenggalek, IndonesiaMay 29, 1955 · 252 km SW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 10 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 11,517 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1815M7.3
Bali
22 Nov 1815 · 238 km away · intensity IX
11,453 deathstsunami
- 1967M6.8
Java: Dampit,Gondang,Trenggalek
19 Feb 1967 · 23 km away · intensity IX
54 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1958M6.7
Java: Malang
20 Oct 1958 · 71 km away · intensity VIII
8 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1859
S. Java Sea
20 Oct 1859 · 215 km away
2 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1916M7.3
Java
11 Sep 1916 · 7 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1840M7.0
Java: Purworejo
4 Jan 1840 · 294 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.