M 3.9 earthquake – 71 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia
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Local time: Mar 28, 2005 · 22:20 (UTC+7)
MinorShallow · 30 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 3.9body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 30 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 2.029, 97.20371 km from Lahewa
- Energy released
- 11 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 18M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 234USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 27, 2005.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 11 tons of TNT, 45 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
18 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 8.6 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.6 88 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.3 84 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.0 65 km W of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.1 65 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.5 94 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
- 5.0 92 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
- 4.5 80 km W of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
- 5.2 92 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 30, 2005
- 4.0 63 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Apr 4, 2005
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Indonesia.
- 9.1 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake Dec 26, 2004
- 8.6 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 8.2 The 1907 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami Jan 4, 1907
- 7.8 75 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia Apr 6, 2010
- 7.6 212 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia Dec 28, 1935
- 7.5 209 km WSW of Sinabang, Indonesia Nov 21, 1969
- 7.4 56 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Feb 20, 2008
- 7.4 50 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Nov 2, 2002