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Rescuers on Indonesia's Sumatra island retrieved more bodies Sunday from a strong earthquake two days ago, raising the death toll to 11 while another 400 were injured and thousands displaced. The ...
Recordings of earthquakes in West Java began in 1844; earthquakes in 1910, 1912, 1968, 1982 and 2000 damaged many homes. Several people were killed by the earthquake in 1982. In 2000, a magnitude 5.1 shock left about 1,900 homes badly damaged. [7] Although shallow inland earthquakes in Java are infrequent, they result in large casualties.
Many of the dead were public-school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when they collapsed, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said ...
Large numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. Based on the records of the USGS , Indonesia has had more than 150 earthquakes with magnitude > 7 in the period 1901–2019.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake last year killed some 600 in West Java’s Cianjur city. It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people.
2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake: 4 7.1 0 Philippines, Soccsksargen offshore IV (Light) 620.1 July 11 - 5 7.0 3 China, Xinjiang: IX (Violent) 13.0 January 22: 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: 5 7.0 0 United States, California offshore VIII (Severe) 10.0 December 5: 2024 Cape Mendocino earthquake: 5 7.0 0 Russia, Kamchatka Krai offshore VI (Strong) 29.0 ...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake last year killed at least 602 people in West Java's Cianjur city. It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people.
(5) This is the estimated death toll in Indonesia. An estimated 60,000 more people died in other countries surrounding the Indian Ocean, especially in Sri Lanka. (6) The original official death toll was around 2,200. However several thousands more, perhaps 4,000 or more, were buried in a major mudslide during the earthquake.