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Historic Earthquake
2011 Aceh Singkil Regency Earthquakes
5 September 2011 · Sumatra · Indonesia
On 5 September 2011 at 17:55 UTC, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sumatra), at a depth of 91 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 133 km from its boundary with the Burma Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 10 people.
- Date
- 5 September 2011
- Time
- 17:55 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Depth
- 91 km
- Deaths
- 10
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Sinabung (60 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
- 20042004 Indian Ocean Earthquake · M 9.1227,899 deaths
- 20022002 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.33 deaths
- 1971Natal, Sibolga · M 7.1
- 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