Indonesians Live with Thousands of Earthquakes Every Year
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The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded that the annual frequency of earthquakes in Indonesia from 2008 to 2013 fluctuated, ranging from 4,184 to 5,730 earthquakes. From 2014 to 2018, the number of earthquakes increased year-on-year, peaking in 2018 at 11,920 earthquakes.
However, the number of earthquakes decreased in the last two years, from 11,515 in 2019 to 8,264 in 2020, a decrease of 28.2%.
Despite this decrease, there were 11 destructive earthquakes in 2020. The largest, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, struck North Maluku on June 4th, destroying hundreds of homes.
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