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The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on 12 December on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in the Lesser Sunda Islands region. The earthquake was caused by slip on the Flores Thrust fault.
The name Flores is of Portuguese origin, meaning "Flowers". Flores is located east of Sumbawa and the Komodo Islands, and west of the Solor Islands and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba Strait, is Sumba Island, and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi.
There are numerous diving sites in the islands close to Labuan Bajo - but in some places currents can be dangerously strong and much carefulness is required - notably at Batu Bolong site (whose name means "hole in the rock", in the Linta Strait), also called "Current City" for that reason [10] [11] To the north are Sabolon kecil, Sabolon besar and Seraya kecil; to the west are Sebayur (outside ...
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1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami On 12 December 1992, an earthquake occurred near Flores at 05:29 UTC. [ 5 ] Within three minutes, at least one tsunami approached Babi Island [ 3 ] from the direction of the earthquake's epicenter to the north, while a second may have hit the southwest side of the island after refracting around the southern side.
Established in 1958, [2] the regency has its seat (capital) in Larantuka on Flores Island. It covers a land area of 1,812.65 km 2 , and it had a population of 232,605 as of the 2010 census [ 3 ] and 276,896 at the 2020 Census; [ 4 ] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 289,376. [ 1 ]
A map showing major plate boundaries of Indonesia. The Flores region lie at the complex tectonic boundary between the Australian and Sunda plates, as well as several microplates. Among the major active faults are the Flores back-arc thrust fault and Sunda megathrust to accommodate the complex convergence between the tectonic plates. The Flores ...