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Two earthquakes shake Bogor and Sukabumi; no building damage reported
Two earthquakes struck Bogor and Sukabumi in West Java on Thursday afternoon.
The first measured magnitude 3.5, and the second measured 4.1, with its center about 26 kilometers southwest of Bogor city.
BMKG said active faults caused the shallow quakes, whose centers were about 9 kilometers and 5 kilometers deep.
Shaking was strongest in Pamijahan and Kabandungan, where it was reported at intensity IV on the Indonesian scale.
No building damage had been reported by 6:40 p.m.
local time.
BMKG recorded one magnitude 2.4 aftershock by then.
The agency advised people in the affected areas to be alert for further aftershocks.
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.5 and 4.1 shook Sukabumi and Bogor in West Java on October 15, 2026.
BMKG said the shallow earthquakes were caused by activity on an active fault.
The 4.1-magnitude quake was centered on land 26 kilometers southwest of Bogor City, at a depth of 5 kilometers.
No building damage had been reported by 6:40 p.m. local time.
BMKG recorded one aftershock, with a magnitude of 2.4, by 6:40 p.m.
- Who
- Residents in parts of Sukabumi and Bogor felt the earthquakes; BMKG reported on them.
- What
- Two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 3.5 and 4.1, struck the region. BMKG attributed them to activity on an active fault.
- When
- October 15, 2026, in the afternoon; the first quake was at 5:49:43 p.m. local time and the second at 5:58:23 p.m.
- Where
- Sukabumi and Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
- Why
- BMKG said the shallow earthquakes were caused by activity on an active fault.
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The first earthquake, magnitude 3.5, struck, with its epicenter about 25 kilometers north of Sukabumi Regency.
The second earthquake, magnitude 4.1, struck, with its epicenter 26 kilometers southwest of Bogor City.
BMKG had recorded one magnitude 2.4 aftershock and no reports of building damage.
- Earthquake magnitudes
- 3.5 and 4.1
- First quake depth
- 9 kilometers
- Second quake depth
- 5 kilometers
- Second quake epicenter
- 26 kilometers southwest of Bogor City
- Aftershock recorded by 6:40 p.m.
- Magnitude 2.4
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