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Historic Earthquake
1979 Indonesia Earthquake
30 May 1979 · Sumbawa Island · Indonesia
On 30 May 1979 at 09:38 UTC, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sumbawa Island), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 342 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 22 people.
- Date
- 30 May 1979
- Time
- 09:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Depth
- 25 km
- Deaths
- 22
- Estimated Damage
- 4 million US dollars
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Agung (51 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
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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