Autonomous Province

Aceh

Indonesia · Asia

Aceh is an autonomous province of Indonesia, in Asia. It spans the Sunda and Burma plates. Records include 2 volcanoes, 5 major earthquakes since 1900 and 6 tsunamis observed on its coasts.

Tectonic Plates

• Sunda Plate
• Burma Plate

Volcanoes (2)

• Peuet Sague 2000
• Bur ni Telong 1937

Major Earthquakes Since 1900

• 20132013 Aceh Earthquake · M 6.148 deaths
• 20112011 Aceh Singkil Regency Earthquakes · M 6.710 deaths
• 2008Sumatera, Aceh Province · M 7.43 deaths
• 20052005 Sumatra Earthquake · M 8.61,319 deaths
• 1936N Sumatera, Tapanuli17 deaths

Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts

• 2012Off West Coast of N Sumatra, Indonesia · 1.1 m10 deaths
• 2007Sumatra, Indonesia · 5.0 m25 deaths
• 2006South of Java, Indonesia · 20.9 m802 deaths
• 2005Indonesia · 4.2 m1,319 deaths
• 2004Off West Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia · 50.9 m227,899 deaths
• 1907Nw. Sumatra, Indonesia · 15.0 m2,188 deaths

• Country Profile · Indonesia

Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002