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M 5.0 - NIAS REGION, INDONESIA - 2014-08-04 12:09:47 UTC
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| Magnitude | mb 5.0 | | Region | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA | | Date time | 2014-08-04 12:09:47.6 UTC | | Location | 0.17 N ; 98.60 E | | Depth | 50 km | | Distances | 378 km S of Medan, Indonesia / pop: 1,750,971 / local time: 19:09:47.6 2014-08-04
231 km NW of Padang, Indonesia / pop: 840,352 / local time: 19:09:47.6 2014-08-04
204 km W of Bukittinggi, Indonesia / pop: 98,746 / local time: 19:09:47.6 2014-08-04
152 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia / pop: 100,561 / local time: 19:09:47.6 2014-08-04
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Source parameters reviewed by a seismologistReferences for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area  . |
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Regional instrumental seismicityThis seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to origin time
| Date |
Long. |
Lat. |
Mag. |
Death |
Location |
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| 1861-02-16 | 97.5 | 0.5 | 8.4 | great | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA |
| 1861-03-09 | 98.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 750 | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA |
| 1926-06-28 | 100.5 | -0.5 | 6.8 | 222 | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| 2004-02-16 | 100.5 | -0.5 | 5.0 | 5 | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| 2005-03-28 | 97.1 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 1303 | NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| 2006-12-17 | 99.8 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 7 | NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| 2007-03-06 | 100.5 | -0.5 | 6.4 | 67 | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| 2008-01-22 | 97.5 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 1 | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA |
| 2009-09-30 | 99.8 | -0.8 | 7.6 | 1117 | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
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