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M2.9 Earthquake near JAVA, INDONESIA (Indonesia)

UTC time: 2025-08-20 05:28:39 UTC Local time: —

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About this earthquake

A magnitude M2.9 earthquake was recorded near JAVA, INDONESIA (Indonesia) on August 20, 2025 at 05:28 UTC. With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Earthquakes of this small magnitude are usually barely noticeable and cause no damage.

The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. Indonesia: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 38 earthquakes, the strongest at M4.8.

Details

ID
d614068446c499e537fa6a8490c96b05e3e89d31
Magnitude
M2.9
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2025-08-20 05:28:39 UTC
Local time
—
Country
Indonesia
City
Jawa Barat
Source
emsc
Coordinates
-6.84000, 107.51000
Temperature
31.1°C

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower than the regional average (43.2 km)
Regional average: 43.2 km
Why depth matters

Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.

Depth classes per USGS

Felt reports

1felt reports at EMSC / LastQuake

Voluntary reports of feeling this earthquake. The count is not an intensity measurement and is not added to USGS DYFI reports.

Data updated: Aug 20, 2025, 1:02 PM UTC · Last checked: Sep 6, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC

Source: EMSC / LastQuake

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Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Husein Sastranegara International AirportIndonesia · BDO · WICC
    9.9 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Jawa Barat

Context for this earthquake

05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 2.0 · 89 Catalogue entries

Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.

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