Reviewed by USGSIndonesia108y ago
M6.0 earthquake 83 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia
Thursday, April 24, 1919, 17:10:45 UTC · 7.831°S, 107.030°E
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 83 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia on Thursday, April 24, 1919, 17:10:45 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.6 on August 13, 1913.
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 35 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
16 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 34 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
185 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.
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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 2 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 12 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 7 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1875
W Java: Kuningan
25 Oct 1875 · 174 km away · intensity VIII
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1834
Java: Bogor, Cinajur
10 Oct 1834 · 126 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1847
Java: Cheribon
16 Nov 1847 · 212 km away
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
- 1863
Java: Banyumas
31 Jul 1863 · 253 km away
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
- 1900
Java: Sukabumi
14 Jan 1900 · 110 km away · intensity VII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
- 1852M6.5
Java: Djakarta; Sumatra: Telukbetung
9 Jan 1852 · 224 km away · intensity VIII
Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.