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| UTC time | 1994-06-02 18:17:34 |
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| ISC event | 167105 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | June 3, 1994 |
| Local time | 01:17:37 WIB (Indonesia Western Standard Time) |
| Magnitude | 7.8 Mw |
| Depth | 18 km (11 mi) |
| Epicenter | 10°31′S 112°52′E / 10.51°S 112.87°E / -10.51; 112.87 |
| Areas affected | Indonesia |
| Max. intensity | MMI V (Moderate) |
| Casualties | 250 killed |
An earthquake occurred on June 3, 1994, at 01:17:37 local time (June 2, at 18:17:37 GMT) off the coast of Indonesia. The epicenter was off the eastern part of the southern Java coast, near the east end of the Java Trench.
Earthquake
This earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 in a region which is characterized as having a weak seismic coupling. Earthquakes with slow rupture velocities are the most efficient tsunami generators, and this earthquake was classified as a tsunami earthquake.
Tsunami
The tsunami reached Java and Bali, with runups up to 14 m (46 ft) on the east Java coast and up to 5 m (16 ft) on the southwestern Bali coast. More than 200 people were killed in the tsunami. The shock could be felt strongly across Bali, central and eastern Java, Lombok, and Sumbawa.
See also
References
- ^ ISC (19 January 2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre
- Yoshinobu Tsuji; Fumihiko Imamura; Hideo Matsutomi; Costas E. Synolakis; Puspito T. Nanang; Jumadi; Satoshi Harada; Se Sub Han; Ken’ichi Arai; Benjamin Cook (1995). "Field Survey of the East Java Earthquake and Tsunami of June 3, 1994". Tsunamis: 1992–1994. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser. p. 839-854. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-7279-9_25. ISBN 978-3-7643-5102-1. S2CID 129642617.
- Synolakis, C.; Imamura, F.; Tsuji, Y.; Matsutomi, H.; Tinti, S.; Cook, B.; Chandra, Y. P.; Usman, M. (1995), "Damage, conditions of east Java tsunami of 1994 analyzed" (PDF), Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 76 (26): 257, Bibcode:1995EOSTr..76..257S, doi:10.1029/95eo00150, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-28, retrieved 2010-08-24
- Lay, T.; Bilek, S. (2012), "Anomalous Earthquake Ruptures at Shallow Depths on Subduction Zone Megathrusts" (PDF), The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults, Columbia University Press, pp. 488, 489
- Polet, J.; Kanamori, H. (2000), "Shallow subduction zone earthquakes and their tsunamigenic potential", Geophysical Journal International, 142 (3): 684, 685, Bibcode:2000GeoJI.142..684P, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00205.x
- "Tsunamis – past and present". Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- "Significant Earthquakes of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
Further reading
- Tanioka, Yuichiro; Satake, Kenji (1996). "Tsunami generation by horizontal displacement of ocean bottom". Geophysical Research Letters. 23 (8): 861–864. Bibcode:1996GeoRL..23..861T. doi:10.1029/96gl00736. hdl:2027.42/95068. ISSN 0094-8276.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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