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Historic Earthquake
1969 Indonesia Earthquake
21 November 1969 · Off Nw Coast Sumatera · Indonesia
On 21 November 1969 at 02:05 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia (Off Nw Coast Sumatera), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 42 km from its boundary with the Burma Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 21 November 1969
- Time
- 02:05 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 20 km
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
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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