What the records say
- When
- 11 Apr 2012
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 2.33° N, 93.06° E
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 12
- Max water height m
- 1.08
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.6
- Runups
- 25
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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