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Magnitude5.8

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia94y ago

M5.8 earthquake 46 km WSW of Kotabumi, Indonesia

Sunday, June 25, 1933, 05:43:22 UTC · 5.007°S, 104.501°E

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of Kotabumi, Indonesia on Sunday, June 25, 1933, 05:43:22 UTC, at a depth of 20.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.5 on June 24, 1933.

Magnitude
5.8
Moderate · mw
Depth
20 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

7 kilotons of TNT

That is about 1/2 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 14 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

323 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

20 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

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

  1. 7.548 km SW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaJune 24, 1933 · 24 km SE of this epicenter
  2. 7.3161 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaSeptember 25, 1931 · 249 km W of this epicenter
  3. 7.0164 km SSW of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaFebruary 10, 1931 · 215 km W of this epicenter
  4. 6.769 km SSE of Bengkulu, IndonesiaApril 15, 1916 · 224 km W of this epicenter
  5. 6.7177 km SSW of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaOctober 22, 1925 · 202 km W of this epicenter
  6. 6.679 km WSW of Labuan, IndonesiaAugust 13, 1913 · 209 km S of this epicenter
  7. 6.668 km SSW of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaFebruary 14, 1931 · 168 km W of this epicenter
  8. 6.5271 km S of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaMarch 3, 1921 · 232 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. The most severe:

  1. 1770M7.0

    Sumatra:

    1770 · 277 km away

    Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  2. 1933M5.8

    S Sumatera

    25 Jun 1933 · 0 km away · intensity IX

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

  3. 1931M7.4

    Sw. Sumatra

    25 Sep 1931 · 194 km away · intensity VIII

    Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami

  4. 1896M6.8

    Sw. Sumatra, Java

    10 Oct 1896 · 278 km away

    Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami

  5. 1852M6.5

    Java: Djakarta; Sumatra: Telukbetung

    9 Jan 1852 · 199 km away · intensity VIII

    Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami

  6. 1757M7.5

    Jakarta

    24 Aug 1757 · 298 km away

    tsunami

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

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