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M5.4 earthquake near Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara

3934 d ago · 8 Jan 2016, 22:21 UTC 109 km SSE of Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia

What happened

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 109 km SSE of Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia on 8 Jan 2016, 22:21 UTC at a depth of 75 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is Sumbawa Besar, about 109 km away in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Timeline

  1. First reported by USGS

    16 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC

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