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M5.3 Earthquake Recorded Near Java, Indonesia

GEOFON GFZ reports M5.3 near Java, Indonesia, with a 75.0 km catalog depth.

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News card for M5.3 Earthquake Recorded Near Java, Indonesia

The event began at Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:05:02 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.3, 75.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -8.175, 108.927.

The catalog location label is Java, Indonesia; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 5.43e+12 joules, or about 1,298 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

GEOFON GFZ has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.

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GFZ event record: Java, Indonesia — GEOFON GFZVolcanic eruption is on going for Sinabung in Indonesia — GDACSGreen earthquake (Magnitude 5.6M, Depth:64.644km) in Indonesia 02/09/2026 00:04 UTC, 400 thousand in MMI IV. — GDACSGreen earthquake (Magnitude 5.6M, Depth:10km) in Indonesia 01/09/2026 08:22 UTC, 8 thousand in MMI VI. — GDACSGreen earthquake (Magnitude 5.5M, Depth:10km) in Indonesia 31/08/2026 08:03 UTC, 9 thousand in MMI VI. — GDACS
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