1994 Java earthquake

The rupture occurred on 2 June at 18:17 UTC off the southern coast of East Java, at a shallow depth, with the nearest settlement in the record given as Kencong. The regional catalogue lists it among the largest shocks registered for that part of the island.

Origin time (UTC)

1994-06-02T18:17

Magnitude

7.8

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

18.4

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0006djk

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: indonesia, java, east java, shallow, 1990s

Coordinates: -10.477, 112.835

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

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