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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.
A strong, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 56 and injuring hundreds as people rushed into ...
[14] [15] [16] In Takhar Province, 20 buildings collapsed, one person died and five others were injured. [17] [18] In Panjshir Province, three buildings were seriously damaged, and three people injured. [18] In Badakhshan Province, where the epicenter of the earthquake was located, one person was injured, 70 buildings were destroyed and 50 were ...
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 ...
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.
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2018 Banten Earthquake shakemap On 23 January 2018, at 13:34:50 Western Indonesian Time (06:34:54 UTC), an earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java near the regency of Lebak . [ 1 ] The earthquake, measured 5.9 on the M ww , occurred approximately 40 kilometres south of the village of Binuangeun at a depth of 43.9 kilometres. [ 2 ]
Social minister Agus Gumiwang visited Sapudi later in the day of the earthquake. [14] Governor of East Java Soekarwo also visited the island, and promised that the provincial government would incur the costs of repairing damaged houses, with the provincial administration allocating Rp 23.7 billion (US$1.6 million) for the purpose.