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Magnitude5.8

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia93y ago

M5.8 earthquake 98 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia

Sunday, December 9, 1934, 11:19:04 UTC · 7.633°S, 105.933°E

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 98 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia on Sunday, December 9, 1934, 11:19:04 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.3 on January 18, 1931.

Magnitude
5.8
Moderate · mw
Depth
35 km
Shallow
Felt reports
0
Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking
—
No ShakeMap
PAGER alert
None
Not issued
Tsunami
No flag
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

9 kilotons of TNT

That is about 1/2 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 18 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

143 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.

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Where it was felt

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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 17 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 6.679 km WSW of Labuan, IndonesiaAugust 13, 1913 · 127 km NW of this epicenter
  2. 6.585 km SW of Labuan, IndonesiaMay 12, 1923 · 110 km NW of this epicenter
  3. 6.4200 km SW of Bandar Lampung, IndonesiaOctober 4, 1907 · 230 km NW of this epicenter
  4. 6.385 km SSW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaApril 2, 1919 · 286 km NW of this epicenter
  5. 6.3157 km WSW of Pelabuhanratu, IndonesiaJanuary 18, 1931 · 66 km W of this epicenter
  6. 6.2264 km WSW of Labuan, IndonesiaDecember 5, 1907 · 247 km W of this epicenter
  7. 6.123 km SSE of Bandar Lampung, IndonesiaJune 19, 1930 · 232 km N of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 9 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 7 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1875

    W Java: Kuningan

    25 Oct 1875 · 274 km away · intensity VIII

    7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  2. 1834

    Java: Bogor, Cinajur

    10 Oct 1834 · 157 km away · intensity IX

    Severe damage ($5–24M)

  3. 1900

    Java: Sukabumi

    14 Jan 1900 · 144 km away · intensity VII

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

  4. 1852M6.5

    Java: Djakarta; Sumatra: Telukbetung

    9 Jan 1852 · 135 km away · intensity VIII

    Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami

  5. 1903M8.1

    S Of Java

    27 Feb 1903 · 41 km away

  6. 1757M7.5

    Jakarta

    24 Aug 1757 · 216 km away

    tsunami

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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