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Historic Earthquake
1905 Indonesia Earthquake
22 January 1905 · Minahassa Peninsula · Indonesia
On 22 January 1905 at 02:43 UTC, a magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Indonesia (Minahassa Peninsula), at a depth of 90 km. It occurred on the Molucca Sea Plate, 71 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental transform fault). It is the 18th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 22 January 1905
- Time
- 02:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.4
- Depth
- 90 km
- Plate
- Molucca Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Ambang (160 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2000Sulawesi, Luwuk · M 7.654 deaths
- 1991Minahassa, Gorontalo · M 7.5
- 1990Minahassa Peninsula, Bolaang-Gorontalo · M 7.63 deaths
- 1942Minahassa Peninsula · M 7.5
- 1939Centrtal Sulawesi, Kalo · M 8.0
- 1938Sulawesi Island · M 7.717 deaths
- 1908Celebes Sea · M 7.5
- 1907Talaud Islands, Karakelong Island · M 7.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth