What the records say
- When
- 2 Sep 2009
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 7.78° S, 107.30° E
- Deaths
- 81
- Injuries
- 1297
- Depth km
- 46
2009 West Java earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
An earthquake occurred on September 2, 2009, at 14:55:01 local time in West Java, Indonesia. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed at least 81 people, injured over 1,297, and displaced over 210,000. The quake was felt in the capital Jakarta, although damage there was minimal, and it was Indonesia's deadliest earthquake since the 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami.
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