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Java: The devastation shows how shallow earthquakes can be more dangerous

Though the Cianjur quake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, its shallow depth of 10 km ended up causing far more destruction.

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The Conversation: Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example

By Phil R. Cummins, Australian National University; Mudrik Rahmawan Daryono, BRIN; Stacey Servito Martin, Australian National University On November 21 2022 an earthquake near the Indonesian city of Cianjur in West Java caused at least 268 deaths and damaged 22,000 buildings. At magnitude 5.6, this earthquake was much smaller than many other…

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