What the records say
- When
- 17 Jul 2006
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 9.28° S, 107.42° E
- Deaths
- 802
- Injuries
- 498
- Damage musd
- 55
- Houses destroyed
- 1623
- Max water height m
- 20.9
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.7
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami
Destructive tsunami earthquake south of Java Island
An earthquake occurred on July 17, 2006, at 15:19:27 local time along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java, a large and densely populated island in the Indonesian archipelago. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum perceived intensity of IV (Light) in Jakarta, the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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