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Historic Earthquake
1944 Indonesia Earthquake
22 March 1944 · Flores · Indonesia
On 22 March 1944 at 00:43 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Indonesia (Flores), at a depth of 220 km. It occurred on the Timor Plate, 81 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 22 March 1944
- Time
- 00:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 220 km
- Plate
- Timor Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Iliwerung (9 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Flores Earthquake · M 7.7156 deaths
- 20212021 Flores Earthquake · M 7.3
- 20042004 Alor Earthquake · M 7.534 deaths
- 19951995 Timor Earthquake · M 6.911 deaths
- 19921992 Flores Earthquake · M 7.82,500 deaths
- 19911991 Kalabahi Earthquakes · M 6.528 deaths
- 1987Timor, Pantar · M 6.5125 deaths
- 19821982 Flores Earthquake · M 5.913 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth