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2007 Sumatra earthquakes; 2010 Banyak Islands earthquake; The seismicity of the Sumatra coast and the top six quakes ever recorded appear to be clustered in two time periods: a 12-year span between 1952 and 1964 and a 7-year span between the 2004 and 2011; however, this is understood as a statistical anomaly. [2]
Major rivers of Sumatra. This is a list of rivers flowing in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] In alphabetical order. Aceh; Asahan; Banyuasin; Barumun; Batang Hari;
This Indonesian island is located in a highly seismic area of the world, including a subduction zone off the west coast of the island. The Great Sumatran fault zone accommodates most of the strike-slip motion associated with the oblique convergence between the Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate [ 1 ] The fault ends in the north near the ...
UTC time: 2010-10-25 14:42:22: ISC event: 15264887: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 25 October 2010 (): Local time: 21:42:22: Magnitude: 7.8 M w: Depth: 12.8 miles (20.6 km) Epicenter: 1] [2]: Fault: Sunda megathrust: Type: Thrust fault: Areas affected: Indonesia: Max. intensity: MMI V (Moderate) [1]: Casualties: 408 dead + 303 missing [3]: The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment ...
Variation of seismicity with depth across the Sunda Trench subduction zone, low-angle part is the Sunda megathrust – 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes mainshock shown by star. The Sunda megathrust is a fault that extends approximately 5,500 km (3300 mi) from Myanmar (Burma) in the north, running along the southwestern side of Sumatra, to the south of Java and Bali before terminating near Australia. [1]
Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 59 people dead ...
Rescuers on Tuesday searched in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend.
The greatest run-up height of the tsunami was measured at a hill between Lhoknga and Leupung, on the western coast of the northern tip of Sumatra, near Banda Aceh, and reached 51 m (167 ft). [4] [85] The tsunami heights in Sumatra: [78] 15–30 m (49–98 ft) on the west coast of Aceh; 6–12 m (20–39 ft) on the Banda Aceh coast