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Magnitude4.4

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia30y ago

M4.4 earthquake 171 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia

Wednesday, June 19, 1996, 06:44:41 UTC · 7.391°S, 123.153°E

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 171 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia on Wednesday, June 19, 1996, 06:44:41 UTC, at a depth of 600.0 km (deep).

Magnitude
4.4
Light · mb
Depth
600 km
Deep
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

60 tons of TNT

That is about 1/251 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 8 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

45 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: deep

600 km

Deep earthquakes (over 300 km) happen deep inside subducting plates. They rarely cause damage, but can be felt faintly over very large distances.

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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 50 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 353 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.9169 km NNE of Maumere, IndonesiaJune 17, 1996 · 68 km NW of this epicenter
  2. 7.837 km WNW of Maumere, IndonesiaDecember 12, 1992 · 184 km SW of this epicenter
  3. 7.270 km SE of Maumere, IndonesiaOctober 20, 1938 · 185 km S of this epicenter
  4. 7.0199 km SSW of Katabu, IndonesiaMarch 3, 1927 · 149 km NW of this epicenter
  5. 7.0194 km SE of Baubau, IndonesiaAugust 6, 1914 · 130 km NE of this epicenter
  6. 7.0166 km NNW of Maubara, Timor LesteJune 22, 1966 · 159 km E of this epicenter
  7. 6.9215 km NW of Maubara, Timor LesteOctober 18, 1964 · 77 km E of this epicenter
  8. 6.927 km NNW of Maubara, Timor LesteMay 14, 1995 · 244 km SE of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 11 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 2,929 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1992M7.8

    Flores Region, Maumere, Babi

    12 Dec 1992 · 184 km away · intensity XI

    2,500 deaths$100 million damagetsunami

  2. 1896

    Timor: Alor Island

    18 Apr 1896 · 200 km away · intensity VIII

    250 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)

  3. 1987M6.5

    Timor: Pantar, Mount Sirung

    26 Nov 1987 · 146 km away

    125 deaths$5 million damagetsunami

  4. 1991M6.5

    Timor: Kalabahi, Dili

    4 Jul 1991 · 186 km away

    28 deaths$8 million damage

  5. 1982M5.9

    Flores Island: Eastern

    25 Dec 1982 · 113 km away

    13 deaths$1 million damagetsunami

  6. 1995M6.9

    Timor, Dili, Maliana, Maubara

    14 May 1995 · 240 km away · intensity VII

    11 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)tsunami

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

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