M5.5 earthquake 79 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 79 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia on Thu, Apr 15, 1982, 9:51 PM GMT+7 (14:51 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-15 14:51:32 UTC
- Depth
- 72.5 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.740° S, 103.161° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 30 stations |
| 5.44 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 3.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.2 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3144 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia · 16234 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.767 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16213 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.275 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16207 days ago · 83 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.1169 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16195 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.1132 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16193 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kr3 (also filed as gcmtb041582a, gcmt19820415145132, iscgem600692). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.