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Historic Earthquake
1956 Indonesia Earthquake
18 July 1956 · Banda Sea · Indonesia
On 18 July 1956 at 06:19 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Sea), at a depth of 190 km. It occurred on the Banda Sea Plate, 125 km from its boundary with the Timor Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 18 July 1956
- Time
- 06:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 190 km
- Plate
- Banda Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Manuk (34 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20232023 Maluku Earthquake · M 7.61 deaths
- 20192019 Ambon Earthquake · M 6.531 deaths
- 20062006 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1963Banda Sea · M 8.3
- 1950Banda Sea · M 8.1
- 1950Seram · M 7.61 deaths
- 19381938 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 8.6
- 1918Banda Sea · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth