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Historic Earthquake
1903 Indonesia Earthquake
27 February 1903 · S of Java · Indonesia
On 27 February 1903 at 00:43 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (S of Java). It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 112 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It is the 70th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 27 February 1903
- Time
- 00:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Perbakti-Gagak (158 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Cianjur Earthquake · M 5.6635 deaths
- 20092009 West Java Earthquake · M 7.081 deaths
- 20072007 Java Earthquake · M 7.5
- 2006July 2006 Java Earthquake · M 7.7802 deaths
- 1979Java · M 6.130 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth