1965 Ceram Sea earthquake

The epicentre lay just off the southwestern coast of Sanana Island in eastern Indonesia, on a convergent plate boundary. The rupture generated a tsunami that caused damage at Sanana and on Buru and Mangole. Casualties are recorded as 71 dead.

Origin time (UTC)

1965-01-24T00:11

Magnitude

8.2

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

28.3

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem861299

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: indonesia, ceram sea, tsunami, sanana, convergent boundary, 1960s

Coordinates: -2.633, 125.961

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

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