Tanimbar Islands

Tanimbar Islands Latest News

Recently, an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands region.

About Tanimbar Islands

• Location: The Tanimbar Islands are in the Indonesian province of Maluku, at the end of the long arc of islands that stretches from Sumatra through Java, Bali, Lombok and down through Timor.
• These Islands are a group of around 30 islands lie between the Banda and Arafura seas.
• It is part of Kei Archipelago and it belongs to Southeast Maluku Regency
• The largest island in the group is Yamdena, some seventy miles long and forty miles wide at its widest.
• Vegetation: This island has thickly wooded hills along its eastern coast, while its western coast is lower and often swampy. 
• Seismic activity in Indonesia: Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth’s crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Source: TH

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