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M6.6 earthquake, Indonesia, 1996-07-16

MagnitudeM6.6mwb

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Depth33 km

Time (UTC)1996-07-16 10:07

Rank in 199643 / 164among M6+

Rank since 19003584 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

217 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia · 1.02, 120.25

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1996 M7.9M7.9

1905 M7.8M7.8

1990 M7.8M7.8

1938 M7.7M7.7

2018 M7.5M7.5

1991 M7.5M7.5

1941 M7.4M7.4

1984 M7.4M7.4

2008 M7.4M7.4

1968 M7.2M7.2

1913 M7.1M7.1

1902 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1996-02-07	1996-02-07 07:57	14 km	216 km N of Palu, Indonesia
M7.9 1996-01-01	1996-01-01 08:05	24 km	181 km N of Palu, Indonesia
M6.0 1995-11-08	1995-11-08 16:01	20 km	175 km WNW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M6.1 1995-03-06	1995-03-06 18:43	17 km	98 km SE of Tarakan, Indonesia
M6.4 1993-09-29	1993-09-29 11:16	97 km	170 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M6.1 1992-04-16	1992-04-16 08:00	30 km	89 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M6.0 1991-11-01	1991-11-01 02:51	37 km	131 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M6.7 1991-08-08	1991-08-08 02:09	12 km	67 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M7.5 1991-06-20	1991-06-20 05:18	31 km	79 km NNW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M6.0 1990-04-26	1990-04-26 15:40	24 km	63 km NNW of Gorontalo, 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.