Indonesia has lifted a tsunami warning sri woro harijono, head of indonesias meteorology and geophysics agency. Noaa center for tsunami research tsunami event april 11. Padang, the largest city on the islands western coast, is located some 141 kilometers 87. The sumatra earthquake and the tsunami that followed caused many victims in the countries surrounding the indian ocean. The epicenter of the quake was about 40km 25 miles from the coast, according to the us geological survey. Indonesia earthquake triggers tsunami watch after 8. Earthquake hits indonesiatop ten most powerful quakes of last 100 yearsapril 11, 2012, indonesia a massive 8. Sumatra earthquake two british people describe the shock and devastation caused by the the powerful earthquake which struck the city of padang on the indonesian island of sumatra. Surprising elements of this earthquake include, that it was both the largest intraplate. Why earthquake off sumatra did not trigger a devastating.
To get url for a search, click the search button, then copy the url from. March 11, 2011, japan 15,000 people perished in a 9. Data released in the sept 2012 nature journal yielded new information about the 2012 sumatra earthquake. Rupture and frequencydependent seismic radiation of the. Massive indonesia earthquake rattles sumatra cbs news. Rupture and frequencydependent seismic radiation of the 2012. A better understanding of dynamic triggering and fault interaction during such events is a necessary step for assessing the seismic potential associated to. Why sumatra quake unleashed giant tsunami while others dont. Why the recent sumatra quake was so strange live science. May 10, 2012 why the recent sumatra quake was so strange.
The 2012 sumatra great earthquake sequence sciencedirect. Tsunami observations on simeulue a, nias b, and northern sumatra. Indonesias disaster agency said the worst impact was likely to be on simeulue island off southern sumatra. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included. Jul 19, 2012 a graphic shows the perpendicular faults grey dashed lines and rupture directions colored arrows of the april 11, 2012, sumatra earthquake.
Energy radiation from the sumatra earthquake nature. The 2012 north sumatra earthquake was the largest strikeslip earthquakes ever recorded, and it is a good opportunity to discuss this point. India lifts national tsunami warning issued after indonesia quakes, says danger has passed tsunami warning center. An unusual earthquake sequence began on april 11 at 8. Sep 26, 2012 this years largest earthquake, a magnitude 8. Location of the possible historical ratu kidul tsunami earthquake discussed in. The resulting tsunami devastated coastlines along the indian. Epicenter was in the indic ocean, at some 500 kilometers west from. It was located within the indoaustralian plate about 260 miles southwest of the aceh coast at a depth of 23 km. Scary earthquake footage compilation from around the world.
Mar 24, 2012 published on mar 24, 2012 a different view from the port everglades webcam that we rarely see during sailaway. May 11, 2012 an earthquake in the indian ocean off the coast of sumatra, indonesia on 11th april was unusually powerful, at magnitude 8. Soon after the sumatraandaman earthquake, seismic bodywave. Desperate hunt for the living as sumatra quake toll mounts. April 11, 2012 sumatra noaa center for tsunami research. At the time of writing the death toll stands at 225000, which is an. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the indian ocean.
A minute before 8 oclock in the morning local time, a colossal earthquake began to shake the northern part of sumatra and the andaman sea to its north. Tsunami watch lifted across indian ocean after indonesia quake. Shiro 2012 realtime forecasting of the april 11, 2012 sumatra. Indonesia sumatra tsunami video download 3gp, mp4, hd mp4, and watch indonesia sumatra tsunami video. The earthquake started violently as kate, noah, lilly, and gordon were having breakfast and watching the government press conference.
It was the first event to occur during the 2012 apocalypse. Apr 11, 2012 2 massive earthquakes out of the sumatra coast, indonesia 10 fatalities all of them indirect april 11, 2012 by armand vervaeck and dr. Bizarre 2012 earthquake signals birth of worlds newest. Apr 11, 2012 the earthquake off the coast of northern sumatra in indonesia began with a sudden shift in a strikeslip fault, a line of weakness in the sea floor where two huge bodies of rock can slide past one. On the global map below, each red dot is an earthquake. Pdf a 1,000year sediment record of tsunami recurrence in. Seven minutes later a stretch of the indonesian subduction zone 1200 kilometers long had slipped by an average distance of 15 meters. The moment magnitude of the event was eventually estimated as 9. Pdf the effect of sumatra fault earthquakes on west malaysia. Indonesia says only small tsunami waves hit sumatra after quakes.
Sep 30, 2009 the earthquake in sumatra came 24 hours after a huge tsunami struck samoa at dawn on tuesday triggered by an earthquake measuring between 8. Numerous eyewitness interviews were recorded on video. Most of the deaths were in indonesias aceh province on sumatra. Scary earthquake footage compilation from around the. This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of indonesiaas indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activitymuch large numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. On 2012 april 11, a great strikeslip earthquake moment magnitude of m w 8. Sea levels in the island near the epicenter of the aceh quake were registered as receding by about 10 meters, a witness informed reuters. Pdf reassessment of the 1907 sumatra tsunami earthquake. This animation shows every recorded earthquake in sequence as they. The shock occurred near banyak islands, off the island of sumatra in indonesia.
The sumatra tsunami off the west coast of northern sumatra was generated by a mw 8. Apr 11, 2012 sumatra tsunami, april 11, 2012 main event page the sumatra tsunami off the west coast of northern sumatra was generated by a mw 8. Why the 2012 sumatra earthquake was a weird one live science. The dots form distinct bands that align with and define plate boundaries. Despite its size and proximity to a large population, there was no subsequent tsunami and there were no reported fatalities. Within hours, the earthquake was followed by an aftershock of 8. Advances in earthquake and tsunami sciences and disaster risk. Asia issues tsunami alerts after quake near indonesia bloomberg. For example, during the 2012 sumatra earthquake, ptwc issued bulletins with not only earthquake parameters but also tsunami amplitudes.
We studied ionospheric responses to the 2012 april 11 m w 8. The sumatra region is prone to earthquakes because it lies at the boundary of two of earths tectonic plates. Indonesian red cross and beneficiary communications. Surprising elements of this earthquake include, that it was both the largest intraplate earthquake and the largest strikeslip earthquake ever recorded, plus the 10th largest earthquake of any kind ever recorded. Research news opinion research analysis careers books and culture podcasts videos. This earthquake s epicenter was just south of the 2004 magnitude9. The graphics display forecast results, showing qualitative and quantitative information about the. The april 2010 sumatra earthquake occurred on april 7 at 5. The 2012 indian ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8. Sep 27, 2012 on the afternoon of april 11, 2012, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded and now revealed to be among the weirdest struck in the indian ocean, off the coast of sumatra. It caused the fukushima nuclear crisis, the worst since the. Different geophysical data and methods have been used to investigate the mechanism, faulting, seismic radiation and slip propagation of this event, but frequencydependent features of its rupture process have.
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