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Earthquake in Indonesia
1991 Kalabahi earthquakes Indonesia
1991-07-04 11:43:10 324844 usp0004tse July 4, 1991 20:43 6.9 w y VII 33.3 km on -8.099 124.681 inline,title Reverse Alor Island, Indonesia 23 fatalities
The 1991 Kalabahi earthquakes struck the sea adjacent to Timor on July 4, leaving twenty three people dead and injuring 181. The two quakes, which took place two-and-a-half seconds apart, measured 6.9 on the w y scale.
Geography
Kalabahi was the epicenter of the earthquake, 2000 km mi 0 east from Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/465599091.html?dids=465599091:465599091&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+05%2C+1991&author=AP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=21+people+die+as+earthquake+hits+Indonesia&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20121022181407/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/465599091.html?dids=465599091:465599091&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+05,+1991&author=AP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=21+people+die+as+earthquake+hits+Indonesia&pqatl=google dead October 22, 2012 21 people die as earthquake hits Indonesia Toronto Star July 5, 1991 September 20, 2009 With a calculated depth of 33.3 km mi 0,http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/OCHA-64DGU9?OpenDocument Indonesia Earthquake Jul 1991 UNDRO Information Report 1 United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs July 8, 1991 September 20, 2009 the earthquake was in the ocean between the Timor and Alor islands.
Damage and casualties
The earthquake struck Timor with a magnitude of 6.9.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1991.php Significants Earthquakes of the World: 1991 United States Geological Survey July 16, 2008 September 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090302092139/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1991.php 2009-03-02 dead The earthquake caused 3 fatalities on Alor alone,http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04D40F96C7B9E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Earthquake in Indonesia Kills 5, Hurts 20 St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 5, 1991 September 20, 2009 and 181 injuries. 1,150 buildings were destroyed and at least 5,400 civilians were left homeless.
Damage by the epicenter was estimated at 1991 US$7,700,000.
References
PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1
External links
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