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More than 62,628 homes were damaged across 16 districts in Cianjur Regency and the surrounding region. It is the deadliest earthquake to affect Indonesia since the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake. [3] Damage evaluated after the event earned it a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
The earthquake also displaced 710 people who were moved to shelters. [10] At least 784 homes collapsed and over 5,379 others and 226 buildings were damaged in Bandung Regency . [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In Garut , 20 people were injured, six homes collapsed, and 2,036 structures were damaged.
1 January – M 4.5 earthquake occurs 23 km (14 mi) north northeast of Lembang, West Java.Four hundred houses are damaged in Sumedang. [1] [2]5 January – Four people are killed and 37 injured in a train head-on collision between Turangga Train operated by Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) and Commuter Line Bandung Raya operated by KAI Commuter near Cicalengka, West Java.
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.
Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara offshore, 44 km (27 mi) north-northwest of Komodo: 5.0 10.0 V One home collapsed in the Bima area. [19] - - 12 [20] Mexico, Michoacán, 21 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Aquila: 6.2 34.0 VI Two people injured by wall collapses in Chinicuila. [21]
A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties. The U.S. Geological ...
The rupture area of this earthquake is situated within the southern segment, where historical earthquakes include the earthquake of 1797 and the M w ~ 9.0 1833 Sumatra earthquake. [1] [10] Unlike in 2004, the tsunami caused by the October 2010 earthquake did not propagate westwards and other Indian Ocean nations were unaffected.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, triggering a tsunami warning for around two hours.