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Historic Earthquake
2006 Banda Sea Earthquake
27 January 2006 · Banda Sea · Indonesia
On 27 January 2006 at 16:58 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Sea), at a depth of 397 km. It occurred on the Banda Sea Plate, 141 km from its boundary with the Timor Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 27 January 2006
- Time
- 16:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 397 km
- Plate
- Banda Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Wurlali (193 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20232023 Maluku Earthquake · M 7.61 deaths
- 1963Banda Sea · M 8.3
- 1956Banda Sea · M 7.5
- 1950Banda Sea · M 8.1
- 1950Seram · M 7.61 deaths
- 1948Seram · M 7.9
- 1918Banda Sea · M 8.1
- 1917Banda Sea · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth