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Historic Earthquake
1943 Central Java Earthquake
23 July 1943 · Java, Jogyakarta · Indonesia
On 23 July 1943 at 14:53 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (Java, Jogyakarta), at a depth of 90 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 105 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 213 people and injured 2,096. It is the 88th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 23 July 1943
- Time
- 14:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 90 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 213
- Injuries
- 2,096
- Homes Damaged
- 2,800
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1979Java · M 6.130 deaths
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- 1924Java, Wonosobo727 deaths
- 1924Java60 deaths
- 1921S of Java · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth