1950 Banda Sea earthquake

The shock was logged on 2 November beneath the eastern Indonesian archipelago, far enough below the sea floor that the energy spread widely rather than concentrating at the surface. The compiled record of the year's large earthquakes lists no deaths for it.

Origin time (UTC)

1950-11-02T15:28

Magnitude

7.7

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

199.7

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem896018

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: indonesia, banda sea, subduction, deep focus, 1950s

Coordinates: -6.823, 129.183

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in Indonesia from 1950 to 1999

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