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Historic Earthquake
1916 Indonesia Earthquake
11 September 1916 · Java · Indonesia
On 11 September 1916 at 06:36 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Indonesia (Java), at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 201 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). 340 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 11 September 1916
- Time
- 06:36 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 100 km
- Homes Destroyed
- 340
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Semeru (100 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 April East Java Earthquake · M 6.010 deaths
- 19941994 East Java Earthquake · M 7.8238 deaths
- 19761976 Bali Earthquake · M 6.5573 deaths
- 1967Java, Dampit · M 6.854 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth