What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1629
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 4.60° S, 129.90° E
- Deaths
- 5
- Max water height m
- 16
- Runups
- 3
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1629 Banda Sea earthquake
Natural disaster in Indonesia
The 1629 Banda Sea earthquake struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia on August 1. Its epicentre is believed to have been in the Seram Trough. A megathrust earthquake caused a 15 m (49 ft) tsunami, which was recorded to have affected the Banda Islands about 30 minutes after the quake. The effects of the tsunami were reported as far as 230 kilometres (140 mi) away in Ambon.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page