M 4.6 earthquake – 45 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia
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Local time: Mar 22, 2005 · 00:51 (UTC+7)
LightShallow · 30 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.6body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 30 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 2.554, 95.978163 km from Blangpidie
- Energy released
- 120 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 33M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 326USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 20, 2005.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 120 tons of TNT, 4 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
33 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.6 49 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.4 47 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.5 45 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.1 35 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
- 4.5 42 km WSW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
- 4.1 49 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
- 4.9 22 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 31, 2005
- 4.5 51 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 31, 2005
- 4.2 34 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Apr 1, 2005
- 4.4 66 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Apr 2, 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
- 7.5 209 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
- 7.2 45 km SSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia May 9, 2010
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.