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Historic Earthquake
1921 Indonesia Earthquake
11 September 1921 · South of Java · Indonesia
On 11 September 1921 at 04:01 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Indonesia (South of Java). It occurred on the Australian Plate, 58 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 11 September 1921
- Time
- 04:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19941994 East Java Earthquake · M 7.8238 deaths
- 19431943 Central Java Earthquake · M 8.1213 deaths
- 1937Java, Jogyakarta · M 7.21 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth