M5.2 earthquake 101 km SW of Banjar, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 101 km SW of Banjar, Indonesia on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 7:22 AM GMT+7 (00:22 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-16 00:22:30 UTC
- Depth
- 44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.884° S, 106.820° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 15
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.075 · 17 stations |
| 5.33 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
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
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 277°, dip 17°, rake 53°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 135°, dip 77°, rake 100°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 27°
- Stations used
- 263
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.588 km SSW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3203 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1121 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia · 3196 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.347 km SW of Banjar, Indonesia · 3212 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.014 km SSE of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3212 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.029 km SE of Sukabumi, Indonesia · 3215 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.442 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia · 3240 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c551 (also filed as iscgem611604451). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.