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Magnitude 6.7 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA - uswsap

2005 April 10 10:29:11 UTC

A strong earthquake occurred at 10:29:11 (UTC) on Sunday, April 10, 2005. The magnitude 6.7 event has been located in the KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time
  • Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 10:29:11 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 5:29:11 PM
    = local time at epicenter
    • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 1.660°S, 99.540°E
    Depth 19 km (11.8 miles) set by location program
    Region KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
    Distances
    115 km (70 miles) SW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
    315 km (195 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia
    580 km (360 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
    930 km (580 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
    Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6 km (3.7 miles); depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=208, Nph=208, Dmin=777.2 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 22°,
    M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=R
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID uswsap
    • Preliminary Earthquake Report
    • U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
      World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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