What the records say
- When
- 30 Sep 2009
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 0.72° S, 99.87° E
- Deaths
- 1117
- Injuries
- 1214
- Damage musd
- 2200
- Max water height m
- 0.27
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.5
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2009 Sumatra earthquakes
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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