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Historic Earthquake
1918 Indonesia Earthquake
18 November 1918 · Banda Sea · Indonesia
On 18 November 1918 at 18:41 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Sea), at a depth of 190 km. It occurred on the Timor Plate, 55 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (collision zone). It is the 80th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 18 November 1918
- Time
- 18:41 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 190 km
- Plate
- Timor Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Teon (16 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20232023 Maluku Earthquake · M 7.61 deaths
- 20062006 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1963Banda Sea · M 8.3
- 1956Banda Sea · M 7.5
- 1950Banda Sea · M 8.1
- 1917Banda Sea · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth