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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.
The subduction zone produced two destructive earthquakes and tsunamis in 2006 and 1994. An intraslab earthquake in 2009 also caused severe destruction. [5] Compared to the highly oblique convergence across the plate boundary in Sumatra, near Java, it is close to orthogonal. However, there is still a small component of left-lateral strike-slip ...
UTC time: 2010-10-25 14:42:22: ISC event: 15264887: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 25 October 2010 (): Local time: 21:42:22: Magnitude: 7.8 M w: Depth: 12.8 miles (20.6 km) Epicenter: 1] [2]: Fault: Sunda megathrust: Type: Thrust fault: Areas affected: Indonesia: Max. intensity: MMI V (Moderate) [1]: Casualties: 408 dead + 303 missing [3]: The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit an area 341 kilometers (211 miles) southwest of Tual, a coastal town in Maluku province, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
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.
Sulawesi lies within the complex zone of interaction between the Australian, Pacific, Philippine and Sunda plates in which many small microplates have developed. [10] The main active structure onshore in the western part of Central Sulawesi is the left-lateral NNW–SSE Palu-Koro strike-slip fault that forms the boundary between the North Sula and Makassar blocks and was responsible for the ...
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 ...
An earthquake occurred on 10 April 2021 at 14:00 local time off the south coast of eastern Java.The epicenter of the earthquake is located 44 km south–southwest of Gondanglegi Kulon in East Java province. [2]