Earthquake — Indonesia: Sumatra

When

12 Sep 2007

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.4

Where

Indonesia

Coordinates

4.44° S, 101.37° E

Deaths

25

Injuries

161

Houses destroyed

56425

Depth km

34

Earthquakes affecting Indonesia

The 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes were a series of megathrust earthquakes that struck the Sunda Trench off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, with three of magnitude 7 or greater. A series of tsunami bulletins was issued for the area. The most powerful of the series had a magnitude of 8.4, which makes it in the top 20 of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on a seismograph.

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