M4.7 earthquake 67 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 67 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia on Wed, May 12, 1982, 6:28 PM GMT+7 (11:28 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 78 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-12 11:28:42 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.474° S, 102.831° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.275 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16208 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.978 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16181 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0113 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia · 16162 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001m8v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.