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Magnitude4.6

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia26y ago

M4.6 earthquake 60 km NW of Serang, Indonesia

Sunday, November 12, 2000, 01:58:36 UTC · 5.774°S, 105.727°E

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 60 km NW of Serang, Indonesia on Sunday, November 12, 2000, 01:58:36 UTC, at a depth of 33.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M4.8 on November 7, 2000.

Magnitude
4.6
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
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

120 tons of TNT

That is about 1/126 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 4 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

294 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

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

  1. 7.548 km SW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaJune 24, 1933 · 138 km NW of this epicenter
  2. 7.0164 km N of Pamanukan, IndonesiaDecember 15, 1963 · 278 km E of this epicenter
  3. 7.030 km WNW of Labuan, IndonesiaApril 1, 1943 · 61 km S of this epicenter
  4. 6.9183 km N of Rengasdengklok, IndonesiaApril 16, 1957 · 208 km NE of this epicenter
  5. 6.966 km WSW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaFebruary 15, 1994 · 181 km NW of this epicenter
  6. 6.850 km WSW of Labuan, IndonesiaJuly 3, 1954 · 99 km S of this epicenter
  7. 6.829 km SW of Labuan, IndonesiaOctober 25, 2000 · 87 km S of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 19 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 213 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1994M6.9

    Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung

    15 Feb 1994 · 181 km away

    207 deaths$170 million damage

  2. 1999M6.5

    Pandeglang, W Jawa, Se Sumatera

    21 Dec 1999 · 121 km away

    5 deaths$4 million damage

  3. 1975M5.6

    Java

    9 Feb 1975 · 149 km away · intensity VIII

    1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)

  4. 1990M4.8

    Java: W, Kuningan, Majalenga

    6 Jul 1990 · 293 km away

    Severe damage ($5–24M)

  5. 1834

    Java: Bogor, Cinajur

    10 Oct 1834 · 174 km away · intensity IX

    Severe damage ($5–24M)

  6. 1933M5.8

    S Sumatera

    25 Jun 1933 · 160 km away · intensity IX

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

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

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