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Historic Earthquake
1969 Indonesia Earthquake
30 January 1969 · Talaud Islands, Mindanao · Indonesia
On 30 January 1969 at 10:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Indonesia (Talaud Islands, Mindanao), at a depth of 70 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 67 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 30 January 1969
- Time
- 10:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 70 km
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Mindanao Earthquake · M 7.8107 deaths
- 1970Mindanao · M 7.6
- 1957Philippines · M 7.6
- 1936Talaud Islands · M 7.7
- 1924E Mindanao, Mati · M 8.3
- 19131913 Sulawesi–Mindanao Earthquake · M 7.8138 deaths
- 1910Talaud Islands · M 7.5
- 1903Davao Gulf · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth