M 5.2 earthquake – Java, Indonesia
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Local time: Mar 25, 1974 · 23:31 (UTC+7)
ModerateIntermediate · 92 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 92 kmIntermediate earthquake
- Epicenter
- -8.280, 108.93562 km from Cilacap
- Energy released
- 951 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 416USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jul 27, 1973.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 951 tons of TNT, 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Indonesia.
- 7.7 226 km SSW of Singaparna, Indonesia Jul 17, 2006
- 7.6 233 km S of Pundong, Indonesia Sep 11, 1921
- 7.4 87 km SSW of Srandakan, Indonesia Jul 23, 1943
- 7.1 138 km SSE of Pundong, Indonesia Sep 10, 1926
- 7.0 66 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia Sep 2, 2009
- 6.9 92 km S of Pundong, Indonesia Sep 27, 1937
- 6.7 south of Java, Indonesia Jun 13, 2013
- 6.7 278 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia Apr 3, 2011