What the records say
- When
- 14 Dec 2021
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 7.60° S, 122.20° E
- Injuries
- 98
- Houses destroyed
- 470
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 18
2021 Flores earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
An earthquake occurred 112 km, offshore, north of Maumere in the Flores Sea on 14 December. The quake had a moment magnitude of 7.3 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). One person was killed and 173 others suffered injuries.
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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 “More than 800 houses were destroyed and another 1,200 were damaged following a major 7.3 earthquake off the coast of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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