Indonesia earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 281 km S of Kencong, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 281 km S of Kencong, Indonesia on Sun, Jun 5, 1994, 3:09 AM GMT+7 (20:09 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 221 km SSW of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (Mw, moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jun 5, 1994, 3:09 AM GMT+7
UTC: 1994-06-04 20:09:34 UTC
Depth: 30.3 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 10.826° S, 113.199° E
Region: Indonesia
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	Mw, moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.49	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.5	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR (HRV) Data Used: GDSN L.P.B.: 42S, 77C Centroid Location: Origin Time 20:09:40.1 0.3 Lat 10.91S 0.03 Lon 113.31E 0.04 Dep 15.0 FIX Half-duration 1.5 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**17 Nm Mrr=-1.90 0.07 Mtt=2.27 0.06 Mff=-0.37 0.11 Mrt=0.20 0.28 Mrf=0.31 0.20 Mtf=0.34 0.07 Principal Axes: (T) Val=2.32 Plg=3 Azm=352 (N) Val=-0.36 Plg=10 Azm=262 (P) Val=-1.96 Plg=79 Azm=100 Best Double Couple:Mo=2.1*10**17 NP1:Strike=93 Dip=43 Slip=-75 NP2:Strike=253 Dip=49 Slip=-104

From the USGS event page for usp0006dr6. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 124.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006dr6 (also filed as gcmtb060494k, gcmt19940604200934, iscgem167527). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC.