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Historic Earthquake
1963 Indonesia Earthquake
4 November 1963 · Banda Sea · Indonesia
On 4 November 1963 at 01:17 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Sea), at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the Timor Plate, 70 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (collision zone). It is the 40th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 November 1963
- Time
- 01:17 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 100 km
- Plate
- Timor Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Nila (17 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
- 1956Banda Sea · M 7.5
- 1950Banda Sea · M 8.1
- 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