What the records say
- When
- 11 Nov 2004
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 8.15° S, 124.87° E
- Deaths
- 34
- Injuries
- 400
- Houses destroyed
- 781
- Max water height m
- 2
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.5
- Runups
- 3
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2004 Alor earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
On 12 November 2004, at 05:26:41 WITA, a moment magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Alor Archipelago in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The island of Alor was devastated by the earthquake, with 17,500 of the 36,300 homes on the island damaged or destroyed. At least 34 fatalities, 400 injuries and 30 missing were recorded on the island.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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