Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 3, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday, April 3, 1996 at 19:04 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Palu (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 224.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 120.295 and latitude 1.062.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	1.062, 120.295
UTC time	1996-04-03 19:04:24.130

Location	Samarinda
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1996-04-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Palu	224.4 km
Poso	278.3 km
Gorontalo	313.5 km
Bontang	329.4 km
Luwuk	356.7 km
Tanjung Selor	381.2 km
Samarinda	390.9 km
Tarakan	391.5 km
Loa Janan	400.5 km
Masamba	402.5 km
Semporna	424.2 km
Tawao	443.8 km

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