M6.0 earthquake 45 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 45 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 2:00 PM GMT+7 (07:00 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-10 07:00:15 UTC
- Depth
- 67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.571° S, 112.505° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 126
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10539), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 85
- Houses damaged
- 3,024
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 7.7% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.4 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
126 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VII, very strong 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
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
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
- 6.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 189°, dip 28°, rake 141°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 315°, dip 73°, rake 68°
- Landslide alert
- Green
- Liquefaction alert
- Green
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 21°
- Stations used
- 181
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.074 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · 1995 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.122 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · 1995 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 5.833 km SSW of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · 1954 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 40
- 4.068 km SSE of Dampit, Indonesia · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.118 km SSW of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · 1937 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e0iy (also filed as usauto6000e0iy, pt21100000, iscgem620236368). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC.