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Historic Earthquake
1924 Indonesia Earthquake
2 December 1924 · Java, Wonosobo · Indonesia
On 2 December 1924, an earthquake struck Indonesia (Java, Wonosobo). It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 343 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 727 people.
- Date
- 2 December 1924
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 727
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Sundoro (11 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 20072007 Java Earthquake · M 7.5
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- 19431943 Central Java Earthquake · M 8.1213 deaths
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- 1924Java60 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth