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M6.5 earthquake, Indonesia, 1985-12-27

MagnitudeM6.5mw

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Depth24 km

Time (UTC)1985-12-27 05:38

Rank in 198547 / 160among M6+

Rank since 19004357 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

124 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia · -5.76, 104.19

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2000 M7.9M7.9

1933 M7.5M7.5

2001 M7.4M7.4

1931 M7.3M7.3

1931 M7.0M7.0

1975 M7.0M7.0

1943 M7.0M7.0

1971 M7.0M7.0

2019 M6.9M6.9

1994 M6.9M6.9

1954 M6.8M6.8

2000 M6.8M6.8

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.4 1985-03-22	1985-03-22 14:42	70 km	50 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia
M6.1 1985-01-31	1985-01-31 01:51	33 km	161 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
M6.1 1984-06-08	1984-06-08 01:41	33 km	127 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
M6.1 1983-01-22	1983-01-22 06:44	29 km	290 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
M6.0 1983-01-22	1983-01-22 01:27	40 km	282 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
M6.3 1982-11-11	1982-11-11 00:43	33 km	southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
M6.3 1980-10-08	1980-10-08 16:04	33 km	148 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.0 1980-06-24	1980-06-24 06:27	33 km	156 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
M6.3 1979-11-13	1979-11-13 19:05	47 km	75 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.4 1978-06-24	1978-06-24 09:31	33 km	139 km S of Bengkulu, 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.