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Historic Earthquake
May 2010 Northern Sumatra Earthquake
9 May 2010 · N. Sumatra, Simeulue Island · Indonesia
On 9 May 2010 at 05:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Indonesia (N. Sumatra, Simeulue Island), at a depth of 38 km. It occurred on the Burma Plate, 65 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 9 May 2010
- Time
- 05:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 38 km
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Peuet Sague (132 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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
- 1936Banda Aceh, Lhok Sukon · M 7.39 deaths
- 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