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Magnitude6.9
RegionNORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Date time2026-08-15 10:54:53.1 UTC
Location3.017 ; 99.039
Depth180 km
Distance70 km SSE of Percut, Indonesia / pop: 311,000 / local time: 17:54:53.1 2026-08-15
7 km NW of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia / pop: 209,000 / local time: 17:54:53.1 2026-08-15
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
Tsunami information at:
Australia (JATWC)
Indonesia (InaTEWS)
India (INCOIS)
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
British Geological Survey -- Edinburgh, United Kingdom (BGS)
HUN-REN EPSS Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observato -- Budapest, Hungary (BUD)
French Polynesian Tsunami Warning Center - CEA -- Papeete, Polynesie Francaise - Tahiti (CPPT)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences -- Prague, Czech Republic (GFU)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera -- Lisbon, Portugal (IPMA)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Türkiye (KOERI)
Landsamt fur Geologie, Rohstoffe und Bergbau -- Freiburg, Germany (LED)
Instituto Geografico Nacional -- Madrid, Spain (IGN)
India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, India -- New Delhi, India (NDI)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)