What the records say
- When
- 17 Dec 1979
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 8.39° S, 115.89° E
- Deaths
- 27
- Injuries
- 200
- Depth km
- 33
1979 Bali earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
The 1979 Bali earthquake occurred at 03:58 local time on 18 December with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.3. The shock occurred southeast of the coast of Karangasem Regency in the Lombok Strait, and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east-northeast of Denpasar.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page