What the records say
- When
- 16 Feb 1861
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.5
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 1.00° S, 97.50° E
- Deaths
- 1105
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 70
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1861 Sumatra earthquake
Natural disaster in Indonesia
The 1861 Sumatra earthquake occurred on 16 February and was the last in a sequences of earthquakes that ruptured adjacent parts of the Sumatran segment of the Sunda megathrust. It caused a devastating tsunami which led to several thousand fatalities. The earthquake was felt as far away as the Malay peninsula and the eastern part of Java.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page