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Historic Earthquake
1965 Ceram Sea Earthquake
24 January 1965 · Sanana Island · Indonesia
On 24 January 1965 at 00:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sanana Island), at a depth of 6 km. It occurred on the Molucca Sea Plate, 169 km from its boundary with the Bird's Head Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 71 people. 3,000 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 24 January 1965
- Time
- 00:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 6 km
- Deaths
- 71
- Homes Destroyed
- 3,000
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Molucca Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20192019 Ambon Earthquake · M 6.531 deaths
- 1998Mangole, Manado · M 7.741 deaths
- 1950Seram · M 7.61 deaths
- 1948Seram · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth