Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 56 km northwest of Pulau Betuah Island, Lampung, Indonesia, on Saturday, September 23, 1995 at 16:05 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 45 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Sep 23, 1995 16:05:49 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Depth | 45.4 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 5.561°S / 104.062°E  (Indian Ocean, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 5.561°N / 75.938°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Suoh (42 km / 26 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 122 km (76 mi) SW of Kotabumi (pop: 42,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 134 km (83 mi) W of Bandar Lampung (pop: 800,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 147 km (91 mi) WSW of Metro (pop: 149,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 149 km (92 mi) WSW of Terbanggi Besar (pop: 52,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 160 km (99 mi) S of Baturaja (pop: 134,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) S of Tanjungagung (pop: 53,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) SSE of Pagar Alam (pop: 70,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 240 km (149 mi) WNW of Serang (pop: 164,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 316 km (197 mi) WNW of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 420 km (261 mi) WNW of Bandung (pop: 1,699,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.0 | 45 km | southern Sumatra, Indonesia | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Dec 19, 1995 04:50 27 years ago | 4.7 33 km | Pulau Betuah, 113 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia | More |
| Sep 26, 1995 16:42 27 years ago | 3.9 85 km | 69 km W of Pulau Betuah Island, Lampung, Indonesia | More |
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