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1977 Sumba Earthquake
19 August 1977 · Sunda Islands · Indonesia
On 19 August 1977 at 06:08 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sunda Islands), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 29 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 189 people and injured 75. It is the 41st most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 19 August 1977
- Time
- 06:08 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 25 km
- Deaths
- 189
- Injuries
- 75
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (15.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth