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Magnitude5.2

Reviewed by USGSIndonesia15y ago

M5.2 earthquake 293 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia

Friday, May 13, 2011, 21:43:20 UTC · 9.977°S, 107.647°E

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 293 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia on Friday, May 13, 2011, 21:43:20 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.6 on April 26, 2011.

Magnitude
5.2
Moderate · mwc
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: 75 km aftershock search area

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

951 tons of TNT

That is about 1/16 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

1 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 75 km

USGS lists 1 M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M4.2 on May 29, 2011. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

M3M4M51h6h1d3d7d14d30dMainshock M5.2
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 4.2286 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia15y ago · 13 km NE of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 268 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 · 81 km N of this epicenter
  2. 7.487 km SSW of Srandakan, IndonesiaJuly 23, 1943 · 284 km NE of this epicenter
  3. 7.066 km SSW of Banjar, IndonesiaSeptember 2, 2009 · 247 km N of this epicenter
  4. 6.9south of Java, IndonesiaJuly 24, 1979 · 130 km S of this epicenter
  5. 6.7278 km SSW of Kawalu, IndonesiaApril 3, 2011 · 15 km N of this epicenter
  6. 6.5260 km SSW of Kroya, IndonesiaSeptember 7, 1974 · 80 km E of this epicenter
  7. 6.3136 km S of Kawalu, IndonesiaSeptember 14, 1944 · 158 km N of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 10 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,128 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 2006M7.7

    Java

    17 Jul 2006 · 81 km away

    802 deaths$55 million damagetsunami

  2. 1943M8.1

    Java: Jogyakarta

    23 Jul 1943 · 263 km away · intensity VIII

    213 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  3. 2009M7.0

    Java

    2 Sep 2009 · 247 km away

    81 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  4. 1979M6.1

    Java

    2 Nov 1979 · 267 km away

    30 deaths$16 million damage

  5. 1937M7.2

    Java: Jogyakarta: Klumpit,Prambanan

    27 Sep 1937 · 287 km away · intensity IX

    1 deathSevere damage ($5–24M)

  6. 2010M5.1

    Java: Garut

    10 Jan 2010 · 232 km away

    1 death

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

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