Magnitude 7.6 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

2009 September 30 10:16:09 UTC

Magnitude	7.6
Date-Time	Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 10:16:09 UTC Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 05:16:09 PM at epicenter
Location	0.725°S, 99.856°E
Depth	81 km (50.3 miles) set by location program
Region	SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances	60 km (38 miles) WNW (294°) from Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 226 km (140 miles) SW (232°) from Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia 294 km (183 miles) SSE (156°) from Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia 475 km (296 miles) SSW (206°) from KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 4.2 km (2.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=405, Nph=405, Dmin=534.3 km, Rmss=0.92 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	us2009mebz

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