Reviewed by USGSIndonesia26y ago
M5.1 earthquake 95 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
Sunday, October 8, 2000, 13:08:08 UTC · 4.245°S, 101.530°E
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 95 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia on Sunday, October 8, 2000, 13:08:08 UTC, at a depth of 33.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.2 on September 22, 2000.
- Magnitude
- 5.1
- Moderate · 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 earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
674 tons of TNT
That is about 1/22 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
133 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
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 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 468 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.9103 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaJune 4, 2000 · 81 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.676 km SSW of Sungai Penuh, IndonesiaJune 3, 1909 · 175 km N of this epicenter
- 7.573 km WSW of Bengkulu, IndonesiaJune 25, 1914 · 29 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.478 km NNW of Curup, IndonesiaJune 8, 1943 · 173 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.3161 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaSeptember 25, 1931 · 140 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.0164 km SSW of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaFebruary 10, 1931 · 171 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.0119 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaOctober 1, 1975 · 102 km SE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 13 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 216 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 2000M7.9
Sumatra: Bengkulu, Enggano
4 Jun 2000 · 81 km away · intensity VI
103 deaths$6 million damage
- 1995M6.8
Sumatera, Jambi Province
6 Oct 1995 · 245 km away
84 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1914M7.6
Sumatera
25 Jun 1914 · 48 km away
20 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1979M6.6
S Sumatera
15 Dec 1979 · 168 km away
8 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 2000M6.7
Southern Sumatera: Lahat
7 Jun 2000 · 58 km away
1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1909M7.6
Sw Sumatra: Kerintji, Redjanglebong
3 Jun 1909 · 256 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.