1938 Banda Sea earthquake
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The 1938 Banda Sea earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea region on February 1, 1938, and was the ninth largest earthquake in the 20th century. It registered a magnitude 8.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, and generated intensity VII tsunamis up to 1.5 metres, but no human lives appear to have been lost.
[edit] Location
- 300 km (185 miles) WNW of Dobo, Aru Islands.
- 325 km (200 miles) N of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands.
- 825 km (510 miles) N of Darwin, Australia
- 2760 km (1710 miles) E of Jakarta, Java.
