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Historic Earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake
26 December 2004 · Sumatra, Aceh · Indonesia
On 26 December 2004 at 00:58 UTC, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sumatra, Aceh), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Burma Plate, 86 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 227,899 people (including tsunami victims). It is the 4th deadliest and the 3rd most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 26 December 2004
- Time
- 00:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 9.1
- Depth
- 30 km
- Deaths
- 227,899
- Estimated Damage
- 10.0 billion US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (50.9 m wave)
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Peuet Sague (182 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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
- 20022002 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.33 deaths
- 1969Off Nw Coast Sumatera · M 7.7
- 1964Banda Aceh · M 7.0
- 19071907 Sumatra Earthquake · M 8.22,188 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth