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A sandy beach is all that remains after the waves removed all trace of Riangkroko. An extremely large tsunami runup (26 m) was measured at this small rural village on Flores Island, and 137 people lost their lives to the earthquake and the tsunamis. The village was located at the mouth of the Nipah River, a small river with its northwest side facing the Flores Sea. The inundation distance from the shoreline along the river is approximately 600 m. Image Credit: Harry Yeh. University of Washington December 12, 1992 Flores Region, Maumere Indonesia earthquake 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. Event Data:
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