M5.5 earthquake 159 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 159 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia on Sat, Jan 17, 1981, 4:37 AM GMT+7 (21:37 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 158 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (ms), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-01-16 21:37:20 UTC
- Depth
- 39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.429° S, 102.908° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4223 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16682 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.6158 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16677 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.8145 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16638 days ago · 64 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.0137 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16637 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001brn (also filed as gcmtb011681b, gcmt19810116213720, iscgem632755). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.