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On April 11th...

• M8.6 and 8.2 - Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, 2012

  

  

  

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  2012/04/11 at 08:38:36 M8.6
  At least 2 people killed, 8 others died from heart attacks and 12 injured in Aceh. Felt in much of Sumatra and Java. Felt widely in South and Southeast Asia, including Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Felt as far as Pune, India and Broome, Australia. A 31-cm tsunami was recorded at Meulaboh, Indonesia.

  2012/04/11 at 10:43:10 M8.2
  Felt (V) at Sibolga. Also felt at Banda Aceh, Bukit Tinggi, Duri, Jakarta and Padang, Indonesia. Felt (III) at Bangalore and Madras, India. Felt (V) at Ayer Itam; (IV) at Georgetown, Petaling Jaya and Sungai Ara; (III) at Butterworth, Gelugor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Felt (IV) at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Felt (II) at Phuket, Thailand. Also felt in Bangladesh, Brunei, Maldives, Singapore and Vietnam. A local tsunami was generated that resulted in wave heights of 0.2 meters at Pulau Enggano.

• M6.2 - Southern Xinjiang, China, 1997

  

  

  

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  At least 9 people killed, 89 injured, 100,000 homeless, thousands of buildings destroyed and 11,000 livestock killed in Jiashi County. Felt in Bachu, Shule, Yingjisha and Yuehpuhu Counties. This is the largest earthquake to date in a swarm of large strike-slip and normal faulting events which began on January 21, 1997.