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M6.6 earthquake, Indonesia, 1979-12-15

MagnitudeM6.6ms

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Depth33 km

Time (UTC)1979-12-15 00:02

Rank in 197923 / 86among M6+

Rank since 19003475 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

16 km W of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia · -3.30, 102.71

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2007 M8.4M8.4

2000 M7.9M7.9

2007 M7.9M7.9

2010 M7.8M7.8

1909 M7.6M7.6

1914 M7.5M7.5

1933 M7.5M7.5

2001 M7.4M7.4

1943 M7.4M7.4

1931 M7.3M7.3

2004 M7.3M7.3

1931 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 1979-11-13	1979-11-13 19:05	47 km	75 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.2 1979-01-11	1979-01-11 06:28	32 km	116 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.4 1978-06-24	1978-06-24 09:31	33 km	139 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.0 1975-10-01	1975-10-01 04:13	33 km	115 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M7.0 1975-10-01	1975-10-01 03:29	33 km	119 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.0 1975-09-30	1975-09-30 18:17	33 km	125 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.0 1975-01-08	1975-01-08 01:58	95 km	98 km WNW of Curup, Indonesia
M6.0 1974-10-10	1974-10-10 21:32	21 km	48 km WSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M7.0 1971-04-08	1971-04-08 07:46	81 km	61 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.1 1963-04-07	1963-04-07 22:36	59 km	94 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.