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Magnitude 7.5 - JAVA, INDONESIA

2007 August 8 17:04:58 UTC

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Magnitude

7.5

Date-Time

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 17:04:58 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 12:04:58 AM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

5.968°S, 107.655°E

Depth

289.2 km (179.7 miles)

Region

JAVA, INDONESIA

Distances

100 km (65 miles) E of
JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
110 km (70 miles) N of Bandung,
Java, Indonesia
135 km (80 miles) NW of Cirebon, Java,
Indonesia
140 km (85 miles) NE of Sukabumi, Java,
Indonesia

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 8 km (5.0 miles); depth +/- 11.2 km (7.0 miles)

Parameters

Nst=170, Nph=170, Dmin=545.1 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp=
36°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007fubd

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

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Earthquake Summary

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National
Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred IN JAVA, INDONESIA, about
100 km (65 miles) E of JAKARTA or about 110 km (70 miles) N of Bandung at 11:04
AM MDT, Aug 8, 2007 (Aug 09 at 12:04 AM local time in Java, Indonesia). The
magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis
results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at
this time. Because this earthquake is located about 290 km below the surface of
the earth, it will have been felt strongly over a wide area, but is not likely
to cause severe damage. We have received reports that the earthquake was felt in
much of Java and in parts of Malaysia.

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WP 7.4 (GS).

Tectonic Summary

The earthquake of August 8, 2007, occurred at a depth of about 290 km within
the lithosphere of the Australia plate, which is subducting beneath the Sunda
plate. In this region, the Australia plate moves to the north with respect to
the Sunda plate with a velocity of about 58 mm/yr. The Australia plate is thrust
beneath the Sunda plate at the Java trench, south of the island of Java, and is
subducted to progressively greater depths with distance north of the trench. The
subducted lithosphere beneath and north of Java is seismically active to a depth
of about 650 km.

Earthquakes that have focal-depths between 70 and 300 km are commonly termed
“intermediate-depth” earthquakes, and earthquakes with focal-depths greater than
300 km are termed “deep-focus” earthquakes. Intermediate-depth and deep-focus
earthquakes represent deformation within subducted plates, rather than
deformation at plate boundaries. Intermediate-depth and deep-focus earthquakes
typically cause less damage on the ground surface above their foci than is the
case with similar magnitude shallow-focus earthquakes, but large
intermediate-depth and deep-focus earthquakes may be felt at great distance from
their epicenters.

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