- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 27, 1994 CE
- Location:
- 70 km WSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 5 mb
- Depth:
- 83.7 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1994 CE
- Colombia, Cauca, Huila · Mw 6.8 · 650 deaths
- Indonesia, Java · Mw 7.8 · 238 deaths
- Indonesia, Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung · Mw 6.9 · 207 deaths
- Algeria, Mascara · Mw 5.9 · 171 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Tashiak, Termiz · Mw 6.1 · 160 deaths
- Philippines, Mindoro · Mw 7.1 · 81 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.0 - 70 km WSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia (1994 CE) happen?
- January 27, 1994 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.