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Historic Earthquake
1923 Indonesia Earthquake
7 October 1923 · Djailolo Gilolo · Indonesia
On 7 October 1923 at 03:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Indonesia (Djailolo Gilolo). It occurred on the Bird's Head Plate, 71 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 7 October 1923
- Time
- 03:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Plate
- Bird's Head Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
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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