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Magnitude4.1

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M4.1 earthquake 167 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia

Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 15:19:06 UTC · 8.888°S, 108.063°E

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 167 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 15:19:06 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow).

Magnitude
4.1
Light · mb
Depth
35 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

21 tons of TNT

That is about 1/707 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 22 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

129 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

35 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 333 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 · 83 km SW of this epicenter
  2. 7.487 km SSW of Srandakan, IndonesiaJuly 23, 1943 · 198 km E of this epicenter
  3. 7.1138 km SSE of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 10, 1926 · 284 km E of this epicenter
  4. 6.9south of Java, IndonesiaJuly 24, 1979 · 254 km S of this epicenter
  5. 6.992 km S of Pundong, IndonesiaSeptember 27, 1937 · 260 km E of this epicenter
  6. 6.5260 km SSW of Kroya, IndonesiaSeptember 7, 1974 · 108 km S of this epicenter
  7. 6.519 km W of Ciranjang-hilir, IndonesiaOctober 9, 1985 · 257 km NW of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 29 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 8,082 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 2006M6.3

    Java: Bantul, Yogyakarta

    26 May 2006 · 282 km away

    6,234 deaths$3.1 billion damage

  2. 2006M7.7

    Java

    17 Jul 2006 · 83 km away

    802 deaths$55 million damagetsunami

  3. 1924

    Java: Wonosobo

    2 Dec 1924 · 268 km away · intensity IX

    727 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  4. 1943M8.1

    Java: Jogyakarta

    23 Jul 1943 · 223 km away · intensity VIII

    213 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  5. 1924

    Java

    12 Nov 1924 · 260 km away

    60 deaths

  6. 1979M6.1

    Java

    2 Nov 1979 · 139 km away

    30 deaths$16 million damage

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

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