What the records say
- When
- 4 Jan 1907
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 2.68° N, 95.53° E
- Deaths
- 2188
- Depth km
- 50
1907 Sumatra earthquake
Earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia
The 1907 Sumatra earthquake occurred on 4 January at 05:19:12 UTC. The re-estimated moment magnitude (Mw) is 8.2 to 8.4, with an epicentre close to Simeulue, off Sumatra. An earlier study re-estimated a surface-wave magnitude (Ms) of 7.5 to 8.0. It triggered a widespread and damaging Indian Ocean wide tsunami that caused at least 2,188 deaths on Sumatra.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page