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STORY: Monday's quake struck on land in Cianjur, about 46 miles southeast of Jakarta, the weather and geophysics agency (BMKG) said, adding there was no potential for a tsunami.Some people were ...
A magnitude 5.6 quake triggered alarm sirens after it struck Indonesia on Monday afternoon. Footage shows the locals gathering in a courtyard to take shelter as a shrill alarm rang throughout the ...
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake triggered alarm sirens after striking Indonesia on Monday afternoon (21 November). Footage shows locals gathering in a courtyard to take shelter as a shrill alarm rang ...
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.
The 1989 Irian Jaya earthquake struck Kurima District, Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia – then Irian Jaya province – on August 1 with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Around 120 people were killed, mainly due to landslides and mudslides.
On 21 November 2022, at 13:21 WIB , a M ww 5.6 earthquake struck near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. The strike-slip earthquake occurred with a focal depth of 11 km (6.8 mi). Between 335 and 635 people died, [a] 7,729 were injured and five remain missing. [2]
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake last year killed at least 602 people 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.
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.