What the records say
- When
- 29 Sep 1899
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 3.00° S, 128.50° E
- Deaths
- 2460
- Injuries
- 300
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1899 Ceram earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
On 30 September 1899 the island of Ceram, Dutch East Indies, was struck by an Ms 7.8 earthquake which was accompanied by a 10-meter landslide-induced tsunami. According to the Batavian Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, the shock occurred at 01:42 AM Amahei local time. The study about the quake and its effects was published by Dr. R. D. M.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 1899 Ceram earthquake kills 3,864 people on Seram Island, through a tsunami after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page