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Historic Earthquake
1931 Southwest Sumatra Earthquake
25 September 1931 · Indonesia
On 25 September 1931 at 05:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Indonesia. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 189 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 25 September 1931
- Time
- 05:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Patah (103 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2007September 2007 Sumatra Earthquakes · M 8.425 deaths
- 20002000 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.9103 deaths
- 19941994 Liwa Earthquake · M 6.9207 deaths
- 1933S Sumatera · M 7.5
- 1914Sumatera · M 7.620 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth