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Historic Earthquake
2009 West Java Earthquake
2 September 2009 · Java · Indonesia
On 2 September 2009 at 07:55 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Indonesia (Java), at a depth of 46 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 206 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 81 people and injured 1,297.
- Date
- 2 September 2009
- Time
- 07:55 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 46 km
- Deaths
- 81
- Injuries
- 1,297
- Homes Damaged
- 54,000
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.4 m wave)
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Patuha (70 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Cianjur Earthquake · M 5.6635 deaths
- 20072007 Java Earthquake · M 7.5
- 2006July 2006 Java Earthquake · M 7.7802 deaths
- 1979Java · M 6.130 deaths
- 1924Java, Wonosobo727 deaths
- 1924Java60 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