The 1994 Liwa earthquake occurred on . It was located in southern

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

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. The magnitude of the earthquake was put at 6.9, 7.0, or 7.2, according to different sources."The Sumatran Fault Zone – From Source to Hazard" by D. H. Natawidjaja and W. Triyoso The earthquake caused 207 deaths and 2000 injuries. There was damage from landslides, mudslides, and fires in

Lampung Province Lampung, officially the Province of Lampung (; ), is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a longer border with the provinc ...

. Power outage occurred in western Lampung. Six-thousand buildings were damaged or destroyed by landslides in the Liwa area. In addition to southern Sumatra, the earthquake could be felt in western Java and Singapore. Intense smoke and gas activity was observed in the Suwoh volcanic area. The earthquake took place at the Sumatran Fault Zone. The Sumatran Fault Zone is 1,900 km long and highly segmented. It can be divided into about 20 segments. The earthquake occurred in a subparallel strand 2.5 km southwest of the principal trace of the Kumering segment. The

focal mechanism The focal mechanism of an earthquake describes the Fault (geology)#Slip.2C heave.2C throw, deformation in the Hypocenter, source region that generates the seismic waves. In the case of a Fault (geology), fault-related event, it refers to the ori ...

is of right-lateral strike-slip faulting.

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Malaysian Prime Minister

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extended his condolences and sympathy to Indonesian President

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and the people of Indonesia over the earthquake.

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* {{Earthquakes in Indonesia Earthquakes in Sumatra Earthquakes in Indonesia 20th century in Sumatra History of Lampung West Lampung Regency Liwa earthquake, 1994 February 1994 in Asia 1994 disasters in Indonesia Strike-slip earthquakes

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