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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 ...
A 9.15 magnitude earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that barrelled into Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and many other countries in the region, devastating villages and tourist ...
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 ...
Plate tectonic setting of Sunda megathrust USGS map showing rupture area of the 1833 quake. The 1833 Sumatra earthquake occurred on November 25 at about 22:00 local time, with an estimated magnitude in the range of 8.8–9.2 M w . It caused a large tsunami that flooded the southwestern coast of the island. There are no reliable records of the ...
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]
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 ...