M6.1 earthquake 111 km S of Banjar, Indonesia
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 111 km S of Banjar, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 6, 2016, 9:45 PM GMT+7 (14:45 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-06 14:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.204° S, 107.386° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 30
- 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
- Peak ground acceleration
- 2.9% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.0 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
30 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 6.1 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 101°, dip 66°, rake 90°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 282°, dip 24°, rake 91°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 196
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3120 km S of Banjar, Indonesia · 3826 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6101 km S of Banjar, Indonesia · 3826 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.168 km SSE of Banjar, Indonesia · 3824 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.268 km SSE of Banjar, Indonesia · 3786 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005fv5 (also filed as gcmt20160406144530, iscgem608540950). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC.