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M 8.4 earthquake – 122 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia

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Local time: Sep 12, 2007 · 18:10 (UTC+7)

GreatShallow · 34 km Reviewed by a seismologist
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Magnitude
8.4moment magnitude (mww)
Depth
34 kmShallow earthquake
Epicenter
-4.438, 101.367122 km from Bengkulu
Energy released
60 megatons of TNTabout 4,002 × Hiroshima
Felt reports
—"Did You Feel It?" responses
Shaking intensity
6.4max. instrumental (MMI)
Aftershocks
375M2.5+ within 492 km, up to 60 days
Significance
1,086USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record

No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.

How strong was it?

Great earthquake. It released 60 megatons of TNT, 125,893 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.

Chile 1960 M 9.5
Japan 2011 M 9.1
This earthquake M 8.4
San Francisco 1906 M 7.9
Turkey 2023 M 7.8
Haiti 2010 M 7.0
Northridge 1994 M 6.7

Aftershocks

375 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 492 km in the 60 days after.

The strongest earthquakes within 300 km

Since 1900, around Indonesia.

In the week before

Earthquakes within 492 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.