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2013 Aceh Earthquake
2 July 2013 · Banda Aceh · Indonesia
On 2 July 2013 at 07:37 UTC, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (Banda Aceh), at a depth of 13 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 11 km from its boundary with the Burma Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 48 people and injured 2,532. 20,401 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 2 July 2013
- Time
- 07:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- Depth
- 13 km
- Deaths
- 48
- Injuries
- 2,532
- Homes Destroyed
- 20,401
- Estimated Damage
- 113 million US dollars
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Bur ni Telong (22 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
- 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