October 15, 2021 Earthquake: Karangasem, Bangli, Bali, Indonesia

Date

October 15, 2021

Time

20:18:21 UTC

Place

Karangasem, Bangli, Bali, Indonesia

Magnitude

5.1 (mb)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

8.356° S, 115.458° E

Country

Indonesia

Deaths

3

Injuries

82

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Houses destroyed

366

Houses damaged

524

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.

• November 22, 1815, Bali, IndonesiaM7.3 · 11,453 deaths · 68 km
• January 20, 1917, Bali, IndonesiaM6.6 · 1,500 deaths · 162 km
• July 14, 1976, Bali, IndonesiaM6.5 · 573 deaths · $195 million · 66 km
• August 5, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.9 · 560 deaths · $509 million · 108 km
• May 13, 1857, Dilhi, Gera, Timor Island, IndonesiaM7 · 36 deaths · 40 km
• December 17, 1979, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaM6.3 · 27 deaths · 48 km
• May 30, 1979, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaM5.8 · 22 deaths · $4.2 million · 57 km
• July 28, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.4 · 17 deaths · 5,448 houses destroyed · 116 km
• August 19, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.9 · 11 deaths · 129 km
• August 9, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM5.9 · 6 deaths · 85 km
• March 17, 2019, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM5.6 · 6 deaths · 843 houses destroyed · 117 km
• October 10, 2018, Madura Island, Java, IndonesiaM6 · 4 deaths · 149 km
• October 20, 1979, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaM6.2 · 2 deaths · 44 km
• August 19, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.3 · 2 deaths · 126 km
• September 7, 2024, Bali, IndonesiaM4.9 · 1 death · 16 km

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