M 5.2 earthquake – Java, Indonesia
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Local time: Sep 8, 1974 · 01:55 (UTC+7)
ModerateIntermediate · 106 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 106 kmIntermediate earthquake
- Epicenter
- -7.521, 108.15517 km from Kawalu
- 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 Sep 4, 1974.
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
- 7.5 35 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, Indonesia Aug 8, 2007
- 7.4 87 km SSW of Srandakan, Indonesia Jul 23, 1943
- 7.3 South of Java, Indonesia Feb 27, 1903
- 7.0 66 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia Sep 2, 2009
- 6.9 92 km S of Pundong, Indonesia Sep 27, 1937
- 6.8 29 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia Oct 25, 2000
- 6.7 south of Java, Indonesia Jun 13, 2013