Reviewed by USGSIndonesia6y ago
M5.0 earthquake 211 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
Monday, November 11, 2019, 09:20:56 UTC · 6.539°S, 131.071°E
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 211 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Monday, November 11, 2019, 09:20:56 UTC, at a depth of 23.8 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.0 on October 10, 2019.
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- Moderate · mb
- Depth
- 24 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
477 tons of TNT
That is about 1/32 of the Hiroshima bomb. Each whole step in magnitude is about 32 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
15 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Banda Sea and Timor plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
24 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 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 1,210 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.51938 Banda Sea EarthquakeFebruary 1, 1938 · 177 km N of this epicenter
- 8.11963 Banda Sea EarthquakeNovember 4, 1963 · 168 km W of this epicenter
- 7.7Banda SeaNovember 2, 1950 · 211 km W of this epicenter
- 7.5273 km WSW of Tual, IndonesiaJune 3, 1927 · 62 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.3281 km WSW of Tual, IndonesiaDecember 20, 1992 · 75 km W of this epicenter
- 7.3Banda SeaJune 24, 2019 · 211 km W of this epicenter
- 7.1196 km SSE of Ambon, IndonesiaJuly 4, 1914 · 261 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.1297 km NE of Lospalos, Timor LesteDecember 25, 1995 · 216 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 15 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 67 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1852M8.3
Maluku: Bandanaira
25 Nov 1852 · 205 km away · intensity IX
60 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1763
Bandaneira
12 Sep 1763 · 133 km away · intensity X
7 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1710
Bandaneira
6 Mar 1710 · 258 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1938M8.6
New Guinea
1 Feb 1938 · 177 km away · intensity VI
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1975M5.9
Maluku: Bandanaira
15 Jan 1975 · 208 km away · intensity VII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1890
Bandaneira
23 Nov 1890 · 261 km away · intensity VII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.