M6.6 earthquake 161 km NNE of Pamanukan, Indonesia
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 161 km NNE of Pamanukan, Indonesia on Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 7:26 AM GMT+7 (00:26 UTC), 614 km (382 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-19 00:26:01 UTC
- Depth
- 614.0 km (381.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 4.863° S, 108.163° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 20
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak 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
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
20 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 6.6 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 346°, dip 55°, rake -60°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 121°, dip 45°, rake -125°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 16°
- Stations used
- 196
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.6 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007f7j (also filed as gcmt20161019002601, iscgem609604648). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.