Earthquake in Indonesia
The 1931 Southwest Sumatra earthquake occurred on 25 September at 05:59 UTC. It was located between the
Enggano Island and
Sumatra ,
Indonesia , then under the rule of
Dutch East Indies .
[3] It had a magnitude of
7.3,
[1] or
7.5.
[4]
[5]
The earthquake occurred off southwest Sumatra. Some huts were shifted by about 0.5 metre. The earthquake could be felt in
Padang , more than 500 km away and in
Bandung , about 600 km away. It was reported that the earthquake was even felt in
Pamekasan ,
Madura Island , about 1250 km away. A tsunami of 1 metre high was reported.
[3]
See also
References
^
a
b
c
d Engdahl, E. R.; Vallaseñor, A. (2002).
"Global seismicity: 1900–1999" (PDF) . International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology . Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.).
Academic Press . p. 676.
ISBN
978-0124406520 .
^ Martin, S. S.; Cummins, P. R.; Meltzner, A. J. (2022), "Gempa Nusantara: A Database of 7380 Macroseismic Observations for 1200 Historical Earthquakes in Indonesia from 1546 to 1950", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America , 112 (6): 2958–2980,
Bibcode :
2022BuSSA.112.2958M ,
doi :
10.1785/0120220047 ,
hdl :
10356/166257 ,
ISSN
0037-1106 ,
S2CID
253365854
^
a
b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972),
Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set),
National Geophysical Data Center ,
NOAA ,
doi :
10.7289/V5TD9V7K
^ Puspito, Nanang T.; Gunawan, Indra (December 2005).
"Tsunami Sources in the Sumatra Region, Indonesia and Simulation of the 26 December 2004. Aceh Tsunami" (PDF) . ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology . Paper No. 459. 42 (4): 111–125.
^ Newcomb, K. R.; McCann, W. R. (1987).
"Seismic history and seismotectonics of the Sunda Arc" (PDF) . Journal of Geophysical Research . 92 (B1): 421.
Bibcode :
1987JGR....92..421N .
doi :
10.1029/JB092iB01p00421 .
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1939 † indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year