Earthquake — Indonesia: N Sumatra: Off West Coast

When

11 Apr 2012

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.6

Where

Indonesia

Coordinates

2.33° N, 93.06° E

Deaths

10

Injuries

12

Depth km

20

2012 earthquake near Aceh Province, Indonesia

The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 Mw undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; however, these warnings were subsequently cancelled.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An 8.6 earthquake strikes Indonesia triggering a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aceh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 8,6 sacude la isla indonesia de Sumatra dejando un saldo de 10 muertos y 12 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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