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July 2006 Java earthquake

UTC time	??
Magnitude	7.2 Mw
Areas affected	Indonesia
Casualties	At least six dead

The July 2006 Java earthquake was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of Java, Indonesia. It occured on July 17, 2006 at 8:19 UTC. The earthquake caused a two metre high tsunami which destroyed houses on the south coast of Java, killing at least six people. According to the U.S. Geological Survey the quake was centred at 9°17′42″S 107°20′49″E / 9.295°S 107.347°E / -9.295; 107.347, 48.6 km below the seabed. This is 225 km (140 miles) NE of Christmas Island and 240 km (150 miles) SSW of Tasikmalaya, Indonesia.

The Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency have stated that "There is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than 100 kilometres from the earthquake epicenter," indicating the impossibility of a large-scale tsunami, like the one that struck the same region on Boxing Day, 2004.

See also

• 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
• May 2006 Java earthquake

References

1. At Least Six Killed After 7.2-Magnitude Quake Spawns Tsunami in Indonesia, Associated Press.
2. Magnitude 7.2 - South of Java, Indonesia, USGS.
3. Tsunami hits Indonesia's Java island; five killed

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