USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Off The West Coast of Northern Sumatra (Magnitude Revised to 5.7)

US Geological Survey
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:30 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time: 
Friday, April 20, 2012 at 23:14:32 UTC

Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 05:14:32 AM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
2.218°N, 93.395°E

Depth:
34.3 km (21.3 miles)

Region:
OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

Distances:
427 km (265 miles) SSW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

530 km (329 miles) SW of Lhokseumawe, Sumatra, Indonesia

929 km (577 miles) W of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

1759 km (1092 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles)

Parameters:
NST=239, Nph=243, Dmin=476.4 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9

Source:
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
usc00098ln