September 2 in weather history

2009 West Java earthquake

September 2, 2009 · Indonesia

An earthquake occurred on September 2, 2009, at 14:55:01 local time in West Java, Indonesia. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed at least 81 people, injured over 1,297, and displaced over 210,000. The quake was felt in the capital Jakarta, although damage there was minimal, and it was Indonesia's deadliest earthquake…

Where it happened

Indonesia, as Wikidata places it.

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The record

Date
September 2, 2009
Kind
Earthquake
Where
Indonesia
Country
Indonesia

What happened

An earthquake occurred on September 2, 2009, at 14:55:01 local time in West Java, Indonesia. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed at least 81 people, injured over 1,297, and displaced over 210,000. The quake was felt in the capital Jakarta, although damage there was minimal, and it was Indonesia's deadliest earthquake since the 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami.

From Wikipedia, “2009 West Java earthquake”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sources

Wikidata Q745411 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “2009 West Java earthquake”, CC BY-SA 4.0.