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Historic Earthquake
May 2006 Java Earthquake
26 May 2006 · Java, Bantul · Indonesia
On 26 May 2006 at 22:53 UTC, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Indonesia (Java, Bantul), at a depth of 13 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 281 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 6,234 people and injured 38,568. 127,000 homes were destroyed. It is the 46th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 26 May 2006
- Time
- 22:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Depth
- 13 km
- Deaths
- 6,234
- Injuries
- 38,568
- Homes Destroyed
- 127,000
- Homes Damaged
- 451,000
- Estimated Damage
- 3.1 billion US dollars
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Merapi (47 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 April East Java Earthquake · M 6.010 deaths
- 1979Java · M 6.130 deaths
- 19431943 Central Java Earthquake · M 8.1213 deaths
- 1937Java, Jogyakarta · M 7.21 deaths
- 1924Java, Wonosobo727 deaths
- 1924Java60 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth