Earthquake details

Sunday, August 8, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Sunday, August 8, 1993 at 00:31 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Palu (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 202.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 120.368 and latitude 0.841.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	34.1 km
Coordinates	0.841, 120.368
UTC time	1993-08-08 00:31:06.690

Location	Samarinda
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1993-08-08

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Palu	202.4 km
Poso	252.7 km
Gorontalo	301.8 km
Bontang	330.4 km
Luwuk	335.2 km
Masamba	377.9 km
Samarinda	388.1 km
Loa Janan	397.3 km
Tanjung Selor	401.2 km
Tarakan	413.7 km
Palopo	427.2 km
Rantepao	427.5 km

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