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Historic Earthquake
1907 Sumatra Earthquake
4 January 1907 · Nw Sumatra, Gunungsitoli · Indonesia
On 4 January 1907 at 05:19 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Indonesia (Nw Sumatra, Gunungsitoli), at a depth of 50 km. It occurred on the Burma Plate, 88 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 2,188 people. It is the 97th deadliest and the 50th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 January 1907
- Time
- 05:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 50 km
- Deaths
- 2,188
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (15.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Indian Ocean Earthquakes · M 8.610 deaths
- 2010May 2010 Northern Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.2
- 2010April 2010 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.8
- 2008Sumatera, Aceh Province · M 7.43 deaths
- 20052005 Sumatra Earthquake · M 8.61,319 deaths
- 20042004 Indian Ocean Earthquake · M 9.1227,899 deaths
- 20022002 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.33 deaths
- 1969Off Nw Coast Sumatera · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth