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The first of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes (Indonesian: Gempa bumi Sumatra 2009) occurred on 30 September off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 7.6 at 17:16:10 local time. The epicenter was 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Padang , West Sumatra , and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru , Riau .
An earthquake occurred on September 2, 2009, at 14:55:01 local time in West Java, Indonesia. [1] The magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed at least 81 people, injured over 1,297, and displaced over 210,000 (including more than 140,000 in Tasikmalaya regency).
Map of earthquakes in Indonesia 1900– 2004. 1833. 2005. 1861. ... 2009 Sumatra earthquakes. August 2018 Lombok earthquake. 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.
The 2009 West Papua earthquakes occurred on January 4 local time in Indonesia's Tambrauw Regency in Southwest Papua (then West Papua Province).The very large earthquake doublet comprised a M w 7.6 initial shock that had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong) and a second event measuring M w 7.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong).
On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, an estimated 9.2-magnitude earthquake violently shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water towards communities around the Indian Ocean.
Indonesia's Sulawesi island was rocked by a powerful earthquake early Friday which set off landslides, left buildings in ruins and killed dozens of people, according to local authorities ...
Earthquakes in 2009 resulted in 1,853 fatalities. The 2nd Sumatra earthquake caused an estimated 1,117 deaths to that island, while other majors events struck Italy or Costa Rica . Also notable, the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami registered an 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale , the most powerful earthquake in 2009.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake last year killed some 600 in West Java’s Cianjur city. It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people.