1994 Java earthquake: Difference between revisions

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==Earthquake==

This earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 in a region which is characterized as having a weak seismic coupling.<ref>{{citation|title=The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults|chapter=Anomalous Earthquake Ruptures at Shallow Depths on Subduction Zone Megathrusts|chapter-url=http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~thorne/TL.pdfs/LB_megathrust_SEIZE.pdf|first1=T.|last1=Lay|authorlink1=Thorne Lay|first2=S.|last2=Bilek|year=2012|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|pages=488, 489}}</ref> Earthquakes with slow rupture velocities are the most efficient tsunami generators, and this earthquake was classified as a [[tsunami earthquake]].<ref>{{citation|title=Shallow subduction zone earthquakes and their tsunamigenic potential|first1=J.|last1=Polet|first2=H.|last2=Kanamori|authorlink2=Hiroo Kanamori|year=2000|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=142|issue=3|pages=684, 685|doi=10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00205.x|bibcode=2000GeoJI.142..684P|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Tsunami==

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*[[List of earthquakes in 1994]]

*[[List of earthquakes in Indonesia]]

*[[List of tsunami earthquakes]]

==References==