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Historic Earthquake
1950 Indonesia Earthquake
2 November 1950 · Banda Sea · Indonesia
On 2 November 1950 at 15:27 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Sea), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Timor Plate, 35 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (collision zone). It is the 91st most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 2 November 1950
- Time
- 15:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Timor Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Nila (26 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20232023 Maluku Earthquake · M 7.61 deaths
- 20062006 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1963Banda Sea · M 8.3
- 1956Banda Sea · M 7.5
- 19381938 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 8.6
- 1918Banda Sea · M 8.1
- 1917Banda Sea · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth