Reviewed by USGSIndonesia25y ago
M4.8 earthquake 168 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Wednesday, February 14, 2001, 00:20:56 UTC · 5.971°S, 103.839°E
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 168 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia on Wednesday, February 14, 2001, 00:20:56 UTC, at a depth of 33.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.2 on February 13, 2001.
- Magnitude
- 4.8
- 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 earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
239 tons of TNT
That is about 1/63 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 2 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
194 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 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 622 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 · 239 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.548 km SW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaJune 24, 1933 · 124 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.4102 km SSE of Bengkulu, IndonesiaFebruary 13, 2001 · 201 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.3161 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaSeptember 25, 1931 · 191 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.0164 km SSW of Pagar Alam, IndonesiaFebruary 10, 1931 · 154 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.0119 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaOctober 1, 1975 · 218 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.030 km WNW of Labuan, IndonesiaApril 1, 1943 · 194 km E of this epicenter
- 7.061 km S of Bengkulu, IndonesiaApril 8, 1971 · 251 km NW 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 316 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1994M6.9
Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung
15 Feb 1994 · 123 km away
207 deaths$170 million damage
- 2000M7.9
Sumatra: Bengkulu, Enggano
4 Jun 2000 · 239 km away · intensity VI
103 deaths$6 million damage
- 1999M6.5
Pandeglang, W Jawa, Se Sumatera
21 Dec 1999 · 213 km away
5 deaths$4 million damage
- 2000M6.7
Southern Sumatera: Lahat
7 Jun 2000 · 262 km away
1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1770M7.0
Sumatra:
1770 · 230 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1986M5.0
Sumatera: S, Hahat, Muaraenim
29 Jan 1986 · 234 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.