September 12, 1763 Earthquake: Bandaneira, Indonesia

Reference #414:

1763, September 12 (1) at about 17:00 [local time] there was a strong earthquake, lasting 4 minutes, on the Banda Islands. The rumble was like cannon shots. In the evening and at night, another 16 weaker shocks were felt. Three quarters of the homes at Bandaneira were left in ruins. Enormous chunks collapsed from Panenberg Mountain. On Lonthor Island, the earthquake was especially strong at the settlement of Waier on the eastern coast and at Urin. It was also strong on Ai Island. Earthquake was felt to a lesser extent on Pisang and Rozengain islands. During the first shock the sea level fell 9 m and then quickly rose. A large area of land was flooded. Seven people died.

Reference #132:

References #132 list September 1, 1763. Reference #132 lists location in the Dutch East Indies, Moluccas.

Reference #1055:

References #1055 list September 1, 1763.

Reference #496:

1763, September 1. One of the Molucca Islands. The first shock lasted 4 minutes, followed by seventeen others during the evening. At the time of the first shock the sea fell 5 fathoms, and then rose suddenly, inundating a large tract of land. At the same time a neighbouring volcano threw out vast quantities of stones and subterranean noises were heard like firing of cannon. Great damage was done to the buildings.

Reference #13384:

1763, September 10. Banda Neira: 3/4 of the houses were turned into heaps of rubble; most of the VOC fortifications and buildings, as well as private houses, were either badly damaged or collapsed; Wichmann (1918) and Musson (2012) say 12 Sept 1763. Harris and Major (2016) say 13 September 1763