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Historic Earthquake
1950 Indonesia Earthquake
8 October 1950 · Seram · Indonesia
On 8 October 1950 at 03:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Indonesia (Seram), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Banda Sea Plate, 108 km from its boundary with the Molucca Sea Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 8 October 1950
- Time
- 03:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 60 km
- Deaths
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Banda Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Banda Api (193 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20192019 Ambon Earthquake · M 6.531 deaths
- 20062006 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 7.6
- 19651965 Ceram Sea Earthquake · M 7.671 deaths
- 1956Banda Sea · M 7.5
- 1948Seram · M 7.9
- 1923Djailolo Gilolo · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth