Earthquake — Indonesia: Sumatra: Padang

When

30 Sep 2009

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.5

Where

Indonesia

Coordinates

0.72° S, 99.87° E

Deaths

1117

Injuries

1214

Damage musd

2200

Depth km

81

Earthquakes in Indonesia

Two earthquakes occurred in late 2009 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The first, on 30 September, had a moment magnitude of 7.6 at 17:16:10 local time. The epicenter was 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Padang, West Sumatra, and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru, Riau. Government and authorities confirmed 1,115 dead, 1,214 severely injured and 1,688 slightly injured.

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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 “A 7.6 earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving at least 1,115 people dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la isla indonesia de Sumatra, se registra un terremoto de 7,6 que deja un saldo de 1115 muertos y más de 2000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “インドネシア・スマトラ島沖でマグニチュード7.7の大地震が発生し1,115人が死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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