Earthquake — Indonesia: Flores Region, Maumere, Babi

When

12 Dec 1992

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.8

Where

Indonesia

Coordinates

8.48° S, 121.90° E

Deaths

2500

Injuries

2103

Damage musd

100

Houses destroyed

31785

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

28

Destructive tectonic event in Indonesia

The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on 12 December on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), it was the largest and the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in the Lesser Sunda Islands region, with at least 2,500 people killed.

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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 7.8 Flores earthquake affects the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) leaving at least 2,500 dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la isla indonesia de Flores se registra un devastador terremoto de 7,8 y un tsunami con olas de hasta 25 metros que dejan más de 2.500 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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