Reviewed by USGSIndonesia26y ago
M4.2 earthquake 139 km ESE of Luwuk, Indonesia
Thursday, June 1, 2000, 16:09:10 UTC · 1.531°S, 123.902°E
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 139 km ESE of Luwuk, Indonesia on Thursday, June 1, 2000, 16:09:10 UTC, at a depth of 33.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 4.2
- Light · mb
- Depth
- 33 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 earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
30 tons of TNT
That is about 1/500 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 16 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
155 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Molucca Sea and Banda Sea plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
33 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 50 km
USGS lists 2 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M4.7 on June 5, 2000. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 551 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.21965 Ceram Sea EarthquakeJanuary 24, 1965 · 260 km SE of this epicenter
- 8.11939 Sulawesi EarthquakeDecember 21, 1939 · 209 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.7264 km ESE of Luwuk, IndonesiaNovember 29, 1998 · 125 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.689 km E of Luwuk, IndonesiaMay 4, 2000 · 60 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.433 km NW of Gorontalo, IndonesiaNovember 8, 1941 · 278 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.491 km SW of Gorontalo, IndonesiaAugust 6, 1984 · 223 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.3108 km SE of Tondano, IndonesiaMay 5, 1908 · 288 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.8161 km S of Luwuk, IndonesiaNovember 19, 1913 · 182 km SW of this epicenter
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 166 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1965M7.6
Sanana Island
24 Jan 1965 · 263 km away
71 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2000M7.6
Sulawesi: Luwuk, Banggai, Peleng,
4 May 2000 · 60 km away
54 deaths$30 million damagetsunami
- 1998M7.7
Mangole, Manado, Taliabu
29 Nov 1998 · 125 km away · intensity VII
41 deaths$200 million damagetsunami
- 1939M8.0
Centrtal Sulawesi: Kalo,Luwuk,Sula I
21 Dec 1939 · 198 km away
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1859M7.3
Sulawesi
29 Jul 1859 · 247 km away
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1960
Central Sulawesi: Una-Una Island
29 Apr 1960 · 291 km away · intensity VIII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.