April 13, 1985 Earthquake: Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Date

April 13, 1985

Time

01:06:00 UTC

Place

Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Magnitude

6.2 (mb)

Focal depth

99 km (62 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

9.245° S, 114.185° E

Country

Indonesia

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

Some (about 51 to 100)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• November 22, 1815, Bali, IndonesiaM7.3 · 11,453 deaths · 150 km
• July 14, 1976, Bali, IndonesiaM6.5 · 573 deaths · $195 million · 142 km
• February 19, 1967, Dampit,gondang,trenggalek, Java, IndonesiaM6.8 · 54 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed · 119 km
• April 10, 2021, Lumajang, Malang, Java, IndonesiaM6 · 10 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · 198 km
• October 20, 1958, Malang, Java, IndonesiaM6.7 · 8 deaths · 95 houses destroyed · 187 km
• October 15, 2021, Karangasem, Bangli, Bali, IndonesiaM5.1 · 3 deaths · 366 houses destroyed · 171 km
• May 29, 2020, Ijen, Java, Indonesia1 death · 132 km
• September 7, 2024, Bali, IndonesiaM4.9 · 1 death · 155 km
• July 19, 1930, S. Java Sea, IndonesiaM6.5 · 14 km
• April 16, 2004, Bali, IndonesiaM5.5 · 82 km
• September 11, 1916, Java, IndonesiaM7.3 · 340 houses destroyed · 133 km
• July 8, 2013, Java, IndonesiaM5.7 · 124 houses destroyed · 139 km
• March 21, 2017, Bali, IndonesiaM5.6 · 150 km
• June 5, 1994, Java, IndonesiaM6.1 · 151 km
• September 18, 2009, Denpasar, Bali, IndonesiaM5.7 · 155 km

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