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Magnitude4.3

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia20y ago

M4.3 earthquake 281 km SSW of Kroya, Indonesia

Friday, September 8, 2006, 17:07:43 UTC · 10.131°S, 108.738°E

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 281 km SSW of Kroya, Indonesia on Friday, September 8, 2006, 17:07:43 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow).

Magnitude
4.3
Light · mb
Depth
10 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

43 tons of TNT

That is about 1/354 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 11 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

14 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Sunda and Australian plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.

Depth: shallow

10 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 lists 2 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M4.6 on September 17, 2006. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

M3M41h6h1d3d7d14d30dMainshock M4.3
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 4.1249 km SSW of Kroya, Indonesia20y ago · 34 km N of this epicenter
  2. 4.6271 km SSW of Kroya, Indonesia20y ago · 10 km N of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 233 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.7226 km SSW of Singaparna, IndonesiaJuly 17, 2006 · 173 km NW of this epicenter
  2. 7.6233 km S of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 11, 1921 · 210 km E of this epicenter
  3. 7.487 km SSW of Srandakan, IndonesiaJuly 23, 1943 · 207 km NE of this epicenter
  4. 7.1138 km SSE of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 10, 1926 · 233 km NE of this epicenter
  5. 6.9south of Java, IndonesiaJuly 24, 1979 · 160 km SW of this epicenter
  6. 6.992 km S of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 27, 1937 · 238 km NE of this epicenter
  7. 6.5260 km SSW of Kroya, IndonesiaSeptember 7, 1974 · 55 km NW of this epicenter
  8. 6.5south of Java, IndonesiaDecember 12, 1924 · 251 km SE of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 11 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,048 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 2006M7.7

    Java

    17 Jul 2006 · 173 km away

    802 deaths$55 million damagetsunami

  2. 1943M8.1

    Java: Jogyakarta

    23 Jul 1943 · 155 km away · intensity VIII

    213 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  3. 1979M6.1

    Java

    2 Nov 1979 · 280 km away

    30 deaths$16 million damage

  4. 1859

    S. Java Sea

    20 Oct 1859 · 278 km away

    2 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)tsunami

  5. 1937M7.2

    Java: Jogyakarta: Klumpit,Prambanan

    27 Sep 1937 · 180 km away · intensity IX

    1 deathSevere damage ($5–24M)

  6. 1980M5.8

    Java: Tasikmalaja

    16 Apr 1980 · 228 km away

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

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

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