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Historic Earthquake
1967 Indonesia Earthquake
12 April 1967 · N Sumatera, Malay Peninsula · Indonesia
On 12 April 1967 at 04:51 UTC, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (N Sumatera, Malay Peninsula), at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 126 km from its boundary with the Burma Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 14 people. 2,000 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 12 April 1967
- Time
- 04:51 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- Depth
- 100 km
- Deaths
- 14
- Homes Destroyed
- 2,000
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Bur ni Telong (97 km)
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth