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This quake, together with the Great Alaskan earthquake (1964) and the Great Chilean earthquake (1960), account for almost half of the total moment. [35] [36] Since 1900, the only earthquakes recorded with a greater magnitude were the 1960 Chile earthquake (magnitude 9.5) and the 1964 Alaska earthquake in Prince William Sound (magnitude 9.2
The March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes occurred near the northern end of Lake Singkarak in Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 6. The first shock in this earthquake doublet struck with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ) and the second shock that arrived two hours later had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ).
Although National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii eventually issued warnings of a possible tsunami from the large earthquake off Sumatra, the waves outran notification systems at jet speeds of 500 mph (804 km/h), catching hundreds of thousands of people unaware.
There have been just under 40 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or larger in the past century within 150 miles of Thursday’s earthquake, which was the most powerful to rattle the state since a 7.1 ...
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]
1995 Kerinci earthquake: Moment magnitude 6.8 earthquake, killed at least 84 people and caused 1,868 injuries. [11] 1994 Liwa earthquake: 7.0 M w event caused 207 deaths near the southern tip of Sumatra. 1933 Sumatra earthquake: M w 7.6 event (5.226°S 104.596°E) southern of Sumatra. [12] More than 76 people killed and extensive damage. Two ...
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2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake; 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]