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Between the upper end of the sediment sheet and the foothills there is a dense coconut tree grove at Kampung Baru. This grove is now approximately 1.5 m lower than the beach surface. It is not known whether this lower elevation was created by subsidence following the earthquake or if it was the original topography. Regardless, this area of lower elevation is where all the debris from the village was dumped by the tsunami. The site looked and smelled like a shallow garbage dump. 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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