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On 21 November 2022, at 13:21 WIB , a M ww 5.6 earthquake struck near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. The strike-slip earthquake occurred with a focal depth of 11 km (6.8 mi). Between 335 and 635 people died, [a] 7,729 were injured and five remain missing. [2] More than 62,628 homes were damaged across 16 districts in Cianjur Regency and the ...
What causes earthquakes? Earthquakes occur when the plates that make up the Earth's crust move around. These plates, called tectonic plates, can push against each other.
This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia.The determinants of the activity are indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity.
A powerful earthquake and two strong aftershocks rocked Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and other parts of the country early Tuesday, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or ...
Indonesia is a country located close to tectonic plate boundaries which causes it to have many active faults and is prone to earthquakes, [1]
Sunday's earthquake was one of the most powerful ever to hit western Australia.
A week after the earthquake, its reverberations could still be measured, providing valuable scientific data about the Earth's interior. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake came just three days after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the sub-antarctic Auckland Islands, an uninhabited region west of New Zealand, and Macquarie Island to
The tectonics processes in Indonesia formed major structures in Indonesia. The most prominent fault in the west of Indonesia is the Semangko Fault or the Great Sumatran Fault, a dextral strike-slip fault along Sumatra Island (about 1,900 km). The formation of this fault zone is related to the subduction zone in the west of Sumatra.