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Historic Earthquake
September 2007 Sumatra Earthquakes
12 September 2007 · Sumatra · Indonesia
On 12 September 2007 at 23:49 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sumatra), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 180 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 12 September 2007
- Time
- 23:49 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 35 km
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Sumbing (101 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2010October 2010 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami · M 7.8431 deaths
- 20092009 Sumatra Earthquakes · M 7.51,117 deaths
- 2007September 2007 Sumatra Earthquakes · M 8.425 deaths
- 20002000 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.9103 deaths
- 19431943 Alahan Panjang Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 1914Sumatera · M 7.620 deaths
- 19091909 Kerinci Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1908Indonesia · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth