What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1995
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 2.04° S, 101.44° E
- Deaths
- 84
- Injuries
- 1868
- Houses destroyed
- 17600
- Depth km
- 33
1995 Kerinci earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
The 1995 Kerinci earthquake struck near Sungai Penuh in Jambi Province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It earthquake occurred at 01:18 WIB local time on October 7. The earthquake measured 6.7 Mw on the moment magnitude scale, and 6.9–7.0 Ms on the surface-wave magnitude scale. Between 84 and possibly even 100 people were killed in the earthquake.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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