M5.9 earthquake 269 km S of Kencong, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 269 km S of Kencong, Indonesia on Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 1:07 PM GMT+7 (06:07 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-06 06:07:48 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.723° S, 113.386° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 11
- Strongest shaking
- I, not felt shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.056 · 31 stations |
| 6.0 | Mi | NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center | First automatic solution · Reviewed · 16 stations |
| 6.0 | Mi | NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center | First automatic solution · Reviewed · 6 stations |
| 5.6 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 5.9 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
11 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
| 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 108°, dip 34°, rake -84°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 281°, dip 56°, rake -94°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0267 km SSW of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia · 1398 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.3249 km SSW of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia · 1398 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2262 km S of Kencong, Indonesia · 1397 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.8270 km S of Kencong, Indonesia · 1394 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.2271 km S of Kencong, Indonesia · 1386 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.5274 km S of Kencong, Indonesia · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.6270 km S of Kencong, Indonesia · 1370 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j77l (also filed as usauto6000j77l, at00rmgh13, pt22340000). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.