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M 4.8 - NIAS REGION, INDONESIA - 2014-08-23 19:32:00 UTC
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| Magnitude | mb 4.8 | | Region | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA | | Date time | 2014-08-23 19:32:00.9 UTC | | Location | 1.06 N ; 97.26 E | | Depth | 30 km | | Distances | 320 km SW of Medan, Indonesia / pop: 1,750,971 / local time: 02:32:00.9 2014-08-24
185 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia / pop: 15,000 / local time: 02:32:00.9 2014-08-24
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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 |
| 1907-01-04 | 96.3 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 400 | SIMEULUE, INDONESIA |
| 2002-11-02 | 96.1 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 3 | SIMEULUE, INDONESIA |
| 2004-12-26 | 95.9 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 228000 | OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| 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 |
| 2008-01-22 | 97.5 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 1 | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA |
| 2008-02-20 | 96.0 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 3 | SIMEULUE, INDONESIA |
| 2011-09-05 | 97.9 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 10 | NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| 2012-07-25 | 96.1 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 1 | SIMEULUE, INDONESIA |
| 2012-07-25 | 95.8 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 1 | SIMEULUE, INDONESIA |
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