M 8.6 earthquake – 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia
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Local time: Mar 28, 2005 · 23:09 (UTC+7)
GreatShallow · 30 km
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- Magnitude
- 8.6moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 30 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 2.085, 97.10877 km from Lahewa
- Energy released
- 120 megatons of TNTabout 7,986 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 8.5max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 500M2.5+ within 500 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 1,138USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Dec 26, 2004.
How strong was it?
Great earthquake. It released 120 megatons of TNT, 251,189 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
500 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 500 km in the 60 days after.
- 5.8 156 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.4 115 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.3 99 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.2 190 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 4.7 149 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.0 131 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.4 28 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.9 121 km SSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.5 45 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 5.1 31 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Indonesia.
- 9.1 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake Dec 26, 2004
- 8.2 The 1907 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami Jan 4, 1907
- 7.8 75 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia Apr 6, 2010
- 7.6 212 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia Dec 28, 1935
- 7.5 209 km WSW of Sinabang, Indonesia Nov 21, 1969
- 7.4 56 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Feb 20, 2008
- 7.4 50 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Nov 2, 2002
- 7.2 45 km SSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia May 9, 2010
In the week before
Earthquakes within 500 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.
- 4.6 45 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 21, 2005
- 4.2 97 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 22, 2005
- 4.5 106 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 22, 2005
- 4.4 103 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 22, 2005
- 4.1 off the west coast of northern Sumatra Mar 22, 2005
- 5.8 106 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 25, 2005
- 4.2 116 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 25, 2005
- 4.6 100 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia Mar 25, 2005
- 4.2 47 km NW of Langsa, Indonesia Mar 25, 2005
- 4.2 104 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 26, 2005
- 4.8 89 km SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 27, 2005
- 3.9 37 km ENE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia Mar 27, 2005
- 4.2 44 km SE of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005
- 3.9 71 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005