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Historic Earthquake
2012 Indian Ocean Earthquakes
11 April 2012 · N Sumatra, Off West Coast · Indonesia
On 11 April 2012 at 08:38 UTC, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck Indonesia (N Sumatra, Off West Coast), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 111 km from its boundary with the Burma Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 10 people and injured 12. It is the 15th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 11 April 2012
- Time
- 08:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.6
- Depth
- 20 km
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 12
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Indian Ocean Earthquakes · M 8.2
- 1969Off Nw Coast Sumatera · M 7.7
- 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