Reviewed by USGSIndonesia74y ago
M6.0 earthquake 128 km N of Singaraja, Indonesia
Monday, August 17, 1953, 03:14:41 UTC · 6.953°S, 115.218°E
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 128 km N of Singaraja, Indonesia on Monday, August 17, 1953, 03:14:41 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.1 on August 11, 1937.
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 35 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- VI
- Strong (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
13 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 28 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
464 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: shallow
35 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
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.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
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 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 6 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.1205 km NNE of Gili Air, IndonesiaAugust 11, 1937 · 147 km E of this epicenter
- 6.57 km WNW of Ubud, IndonesiaJanuary 20, 1917 · 171 km S of this epicenter
- 6.5141 km NNE of Singaraja, IndonesiaApril 10, 1934 · 41 km E of this epicenter
- 6.1206 km SSW of Banjarmasin, IndonesiaApril 21, 1935 · 257 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.1184 km N of Sumenep, IndonesiaFebruary 28, 1936 · 226 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.857 km NNE of Labuan Lombok, IndonesiaMay 8, 1930 · 215 km SE 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 13,005 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1815M7.3
Bali
22 Nov 1815 · 132 km away · intensity IX
11,453 deathstsunami
- 1917M6.6
Bali
20 Jan 1917 · 86 km away · intensity IX
1,500 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1857M7.0
Timor Island:: Dilhi, Gera
13 May 1857 · 121 km away
36 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1950M6.5
Java: Gresik
19 Jun 1950 · 267 km away · intensity VII
16 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1818M8.5
Sumbawa Island: Bima
8 Nov 1818 · 197 km away
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1930M6.5
S. Java Sea
19 Jul 1930 · 280 km away
tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.