M4.9 earthquake 74 km SSW of Labuan, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 74 km SSW of Labuan, Indonesia on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 6:46 PM GMT+7 (11:46 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 101 km W of Labuan, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-09 11:46:33 UTC
- Depth
- 62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.983° S, 105.530° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.068 · 68 stations |
| 4.97 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 85
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1134 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3097 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.357 km WNW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3095 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8131 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3094 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.969 km W of Labuan, Indonesia · 3094 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4136 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3092 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.3101 km W of Labuan, Indonesia · 3069 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.873 km WSW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3039 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dwvf (also filed as iscgem611872167). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.