Reviewed by USGSIndonesia26y ago
M4.2 earthquake 64 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia
Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 16:47:49 UTC · 6.743°S, 105.374°E
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 64 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia on Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 16:47:49 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
181 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 50 km
USGS lists 3 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M5.3 on November 17, 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 382 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.548 km SW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaJune 24, 1933 · 192 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.030 km WNW of Labuan, IndonesiaApril 1, 1943 · 53 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.966 km WSW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaFebruary 15, 1994 · 230 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.850 km WSW of Labuan, IndonesiaJuly 3, 1954 · 15 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.829 km SW of Labuan, IndonesiaOctober 25, 2000 · 36 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.679 km WSW of Labuan, IndonesiaAugust 13, 1913 · 18 km W of this epicenter
- 6.6160 km S of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaApril 18, 1992 · 299 km NW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 18 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 213 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1994M6.9
Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung
15 Feb 1994 · 230 km away
207 deaths$170 million damage
- 1999M6.5
Pandeglang, W Jawa, Se Sumatera
21 Dec 1999 · 23 km away
5 deaths$4 million damage
- 1975M5.6
Java
9 Feb 1975 · 147 km away · intensity VIII
1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1834
Java: Bogor, Cinajur
10 Oct 1834 · 180 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1933M5.8
S Sumatera
25 Jun 1933 · 216 km away · intensity IX
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
- 1982M5.5
Java, Sukabumi
10 Feb 1982 · 173 km away
$4 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.