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Historic Earthquake
2024 Mentawai Earthquake
24 April 2023 · Sumatra, Mentawai Islands · Indonesia
On 24 April 2023 at 20:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sumatra, Mentawai Islands), at a depth of 34 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 97 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 24 April 2023
- Time
- 20:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 34 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Talakmau (189 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2022West Pasaman Earthquake 2022 · M 6.127 deaths
- 20092009 Sumatra Earthquakes · M 7.51,117 deaths
- 2007March 2007 Sumatra Earthquakes · M 6.467 deaths
- 1971Natal, Sibolga · M 7.1
- 19431943 Alahan Panjang Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 19351935 Sumatra Earthquake · M 7.9
- 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