M 5.0 earthquake – 131 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia
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Local time: Mar 28, 2005 · 23:33 (UTC+7)
ModerateShallow · 30 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 30 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 0.933, 97.91442 km from Teluk Dalam
- Energy released
- 477 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 32M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 385USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 28, 2005.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
32 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.3 141 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.4 130 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 6.1 136 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.8 133 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.2 140 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.8 117 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.1 127 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.7 140 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.4 154 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.2 137 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 29, 2005
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Indonesia.
- 8.6 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 7.8 75 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia Apr 6, 2010
- 7.6 30 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia Sep 30, 2009
- 7.6 212 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia Dec 28, 1935
- 7.4 56 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Feb 20, 2008
- 7.4 50 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Nov 2, 2002
- 7.1 171 km SSE of Teluk Dalam, Indonesia Apr 24, 2023
- 7.1 190 km SSW of Sibolga, Indonesia Nov 17, 1984
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.