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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.
Megathrust earthquakes in Sumatra (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Megathrust earthquakes in Indonesia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
If it were an intraslab earthquake occurring within the downgoing Australian plate as it subducts beneath the Sunda plate along the Sunda megathrust, the estimated moment magnitude (M w ) would be 7.4 to 8.0, with an epicenter near Batavia, and a focal depth of 100 km. [4] Modelling of the 1699 earthquake scenarios show that an intraslab ...
M w [37] The largest earthquake in recorded history. 1960 Valdivia earthquake: 13 October 1963 15:17 (local time) Kuril Islands, USSR (present-day Russia) 0 8.5 M w [38] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake: 27 March 1964 17:36 (local time) Prince William Sound, Alaska: 131 9.2 M w [39] The second ...
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
The 1629 Banda Sea earthquake struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia on August 1. Its epicentre is believed to have been in the Seram Trough . A megathrust earthquake caused a 15 m (49 ft) tsunami, which was recorded to have affected the Banda Islands about 30 minutes after the quake.
The earthquake occurred in the Sunda Strait segment of the Java Trench. The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at M w 8.5, although some experts provided a range of M w 8.0–8.5. [3] However, seismologists also attribute the earthquake to shallow crustal faulting associated with a back-arc thrust fault running along the island.
A major earthquake in Yogyakarta on 27 May 2006 killed 5,716 people. [10] A magnitude 7.7 earthquake caused a tsunami around west and central Java on 17 July 2006 and killed 668 people. [11] The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes on 30 September caused severe damages in Western Sumatra, killing around 1,110 people and leaving 2,180 injured. [12]