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July 2006 Java Earthquake
17 July 2006 · Java · Indonesia
On 17 July 2006 at 08:19 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia (Java), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 67 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 802 people and injured 498. 1,623 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 17 July 2006
- Time
- 08:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 20 km
- Deaths
- 802
- Injuries
- 498
- Homes Destroyed
- 1,623
- Estimated Damage
- 55 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (20.9 m wave)
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Cianjur Earthquake · M 5.6635 deaths
- 20092009 West Java Earthquake · M 7.081 deaths
- 1979Java · M 6.130 deaths
- 19431943 Central Java Earthquake · M 8.1213 deaths
- 1903S of Java · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth