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M 7.7 Earthquake - July 2006, Indonesia

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/03/2007 - 03:25.
Start date: 17/07/2006
End date:
Location:
Indonesia
Lat/Long: -9.334000/107.263000
Glide number: EQ-2006-000087-IDN
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On 17 July at 03:19:25 p.m. local time an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck offshore immediately south of West Java at a depth of 10 km. The areas affected by the earthquake and resultant tsunami included the districts of Taskimalaya, Ciamis, Sukabumi and Garut in West Java province, Cilacap, Kebumen and Banyumas in Central Java and the Gunung Kidul and Bantul districts in the province of Yogyakarta.

1 ReliefWeb. 2006. Central and West Java Earthquake and Tsunami: Situation Report #11 3 Aug 2006
http://reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6SCJ85?OpenDocument

2 ReliefWeb. 2006. Indonesia: West Java earthquake and tsunami OCHA Situation Report No. 6
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6RVL7D?OpenDocument

3 eliefWeb. 2006. M = 7.7 South of Java, Indonesia Preliminary Earthquake Report.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6RT46L?OpenDocument

4 ReliefWeb. 2006. Situation Report: Indonesia July Earthquake and Tsunami.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YAOI-6TT9F5?OpenDocument


Event overview table


No. Deaths 500
No. Injured 9,299
No. Affected 15,000
Houses destroyed 68
Houses damaged
Other damage

- 63 hotels
- 163 stores
- 162 restaurants
Economic cost $16,000,000


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