The April 2010 Sumatra earthquake occurred on with a
moment magnitude
The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with or Mw, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. It was defined in a 1979 pape ...
of 7.8 and a maximum
Mercalli intensity
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of VIII (''Severe''). The shock occurred near the
Banyak Islands, off the island of
Sumatra in Indonesia. A tsunami watch was issued according to the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers that are operated by NOAA in the United States. Headquartered on Ford Island, HI, the PTWC is part of an international tsunami warning system (TWS) program and s ...
in Honolulu which was later canceled. A 40 cm surge was reported in the
Banyak Islands an hour after the quake, along with 62 injuries. Power outages were reported throughout the province of
North Sumatra as well as in
Aceh. This quake is one in a sequence of large earthquakes along the Sunda megathrust in the 2000s.
In
Simeulue Regency
Simeulue Regency ( id, Kabupaten Simeulue) is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia. It occupies the whole island of Simeulue (Pulau Simeulue), 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra, with an area of . It had a population of 80,674 ...
, 21 were hospitalized at Gunung Putih, Teluk Dalam subdistrict, and 41 were injured in Teupah Selatan subdistrict. Some of the injured were treated at Simeulue general hospital in
Sinabang Sinabang is a town on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Sinabang is the administrative seat (capital) of the Simeulue Regency, in Aceh Province of Indonesia and has a population of approxim ...
.
Another 62 people injured in Simeulue earthquake
See also
*2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami
The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 on 25 October off the western coast of Sumatra at 21:42 local time (14:42 UTC). The earthquake occurred on the same fault that produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It w ...
*List of earthquakes in 2010
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* List of earthquakes in Indonesia
* March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes
*September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes
The September 2007 Sumatra 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 ...
References
External links
M7.8 - northern Sumatra, Indonesia
– United States Geological Survey
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Magnitude-7.7 quake rattles Indonesia
– MSNBC
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M7.8 Banyak Islands Earthquake, 2010
– Amateur Seismic Centre
The Diverse Slip Behavior of the Banyak Islands Section of the Sunda Megathrust Offshore Sumatra
– American Geophysical Union
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