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1936 Indonesia Earthquake
23 August 1936 · Banda Aceh, Lhok Sukon · Indonesia
On 23 August 1936 at 21:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Aceh, Lhok Sukon). It occurred on the Burma Plate, 32 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 9 people and injured 20.
- Date
- 23 August 1936
- Time
- 21:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 20
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Aceh Earthquake · M 6.5104 deaths
- 20132013 Aceh Earthquake · M 6.148 deaths
- 2010May 2010 Northern Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.2
- 1967N Sumatera, Malay Peninsula · M 6.114 deaths
- 1964Banda Aceh · M 7.0
- 1955Little Nicobar Island · M 7.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth