M5.9 earthquake 116 km S of Dampit, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 116 km S of Dampit, Indonesia on Sun, Jul 26, 2015, 2:05 PM GMT+7 (07:05 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-26 07:05:10 UTC
- Depth
- 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.258° S, 112.669° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 19
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
19 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 5.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 139°, dip 59°, rake 52°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 15°, dip 47°, rake 136°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 14°
- Stations used
- 741
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0129 km S of Dampit, Indonesia · 4080 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.026 km SSE of Dampit, Indonesia · 4036 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.851 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · 4034 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000306u (also filed as gcmt20150726070508, iscgem607507319). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC.