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Historic Earthquake
1909 Kerinci Earthquake
3 June 1909 · Sw Sumatra, Kerintji · Indonesia
On 3 June 1909 at 18:40 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sw Sumatra, Kerintji), at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 232 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 3 June 1909
- Time
- 18:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 40 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Kerinci (45 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth