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On December 12, 1992, a magnitude 7.5 Ms (USGS) earthquake at 05:29 UT occurred in
the Flores, Indonesia, region producing a tsunami that reached shore in five minutes.
The source was a thrust fault dipping 32 degrees to the south and extending about
110 kilometers from Cape Batumanuk to Cape Bunga. The earthquake and tsunami caused
at least 2,080 fatalities or missing people, including 1,490 in Maurnere, Flores,
and 700 on Babi Island. |