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Historic Earthquake
1935 Sumatra Earthquake
28 December 1935 · N Sumatera, Batu I · Indonesia
On 28 December 1935 at 02:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Indonesia (N Sumatera, Batu I), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 115 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 28 December 1935
- Time
- 02:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Sorikmarapi (162 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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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