1994 Java earthquake

{{Infobox earthquake

| title = 1994 Java earthquake

| timestamp = 1994-06-02 18:17:34

| anss-url = usp0006djk

| isc-event = 167105

| local-date = June 3, 1994

| local-time = 01:17:37 WIB (Indonesia Western Standard Time)

| map2 = {{Location map | Indonesia Java#Indonesia

| relief = 1

| lat = -10.51

| long = 112.87

| mark = Bullseye1.png

| marksize = 40

| position = top

| width = 250

| float = right

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| magnitude = 7.8 {{M|w|link=y}}

| depth = {{convert|18|km|abbr=on}}

| location = {{coord|10.51|S|112.87|E}}

| countries affected = Indonesia

| tsunami =

| aftershocks =

| intensity = {{MMI|5}}{{cite book |author1=Yoshinobu Tsuji |author2=Fumihiko Imamura |author3=Hideo Matsutomi |author4=Costas E. Synolakis |author5=Puspito T. Nanang |author6=Jumadi |author7=Satoshi Harada |author8=Se Sub Han |author9=Ken’ichi Arai |author10=Benjamin Cook |title=Tsunamis: 1992–1994 |chapter=Field Survey of the East Java Earthquake and Tsunami of June 3, 1994 |date=1995 |page=839-854 |doi=10.1007/978-3-0348-7279-9_25 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-0348-7279-9_25 |publisher=Birkhäuser |location=Basel, Switzerland|isbn=978-3-7643-5102-1 |s2cid=129642617 }}

| casualties = 250 killed

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An earthquake occurred on June 3, 1994, at 01:17:37 local time (June 2, at 18:17:37 GMT) off the coast of Indonesia. The epicenter was off the eastern part of the southern Java coast, near the east end of the Java Trench.{{citation|title=Damage, conditions of east Java tsunami of 1994 analyzed|url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/pdf/23damconejavtsun.pdf|first1=C.|last1=Synolakis|first2=F.|last2=Imamura|first3=Y.|last3=Tsuji|first4=H.|last4=Matsutomi|first5=S.|last5=Tinti|first6=B.|last6=Cook|first7=Y. P.|last7=Chandra|first8=M.|last8=Usman|year=1995|journal=Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union|volume=76|number=26|page=257|doi=10.1029/95eo00150|bibcode=1995EOSTr..76..257S|access-date=2010-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528120226/http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/pdf/23damconejavtsun.pdf|archive-date=2011-05-28|url-status=dead}}

Earthquake

This earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 in a region which is characterized as having a weak seismic coupling.{{citation|title=The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults|chapter=Anomalous Earthquake Ruptures at Shallow Depths on Subduction Zone Megathrusts|chapter-url=http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~thorne/TL.pdfs/LB_megathrust_SEIZE.pdf|first1=T.|last1=Lay|authorlink1=Thorne Lay|first2=S.|last2=Bilek|year=2012|publisher=Columbia University Press|pages=488, 489}} Earthquakes with slow rupture velocities are the most efficient tsunami generators, and this earthquake was classified as a tsunami earthquake.{{citation|title=Shallow subduction zone earthquakes and their tsunamigenic potential|first1=J.|last1=Polet|first2=H.|last2=Kanamori|authorlink2=Hiroo Kanamori|year=2000|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=142|issue=3|pages=684, 685|doi=10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00205.x|bibcode=2000GeoJI.142..684P|doi-access=free}}

Tsunami

The tsunami reached Java and Bali, with runups up to {{convert|14|m|abbr=on}} on the east Java coast and up to {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} on the southwestern Bali coast. More than 200 people were killed in the tsunami.{{cite web | url=http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/specialized/events/eastjava/eastjava.html | title=Tsunamis – past and present | access-date=2010-08-24 | archive-date=2013-06-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601173310/http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/specialized/events/eastjava/eastjava.html | url-status=dead }} The shock could be felt strongly across Bali, central and eastern Java, Lombok, and Sumbawa.{{Cite web |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1994.php |title=Significant Earthquakes of the World |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714105610/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1994.php |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead }}

References

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{{citation|title=ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)|url=http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php|author=ISC|date=19 January 2015|publisher=International Seismological Centre|series=Version 2.0}}

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