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Magnitude 9.0 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004 December 26 00:58:53 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A great earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 (UTC) on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The magnitude 9.0 event has been located OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 9.0 Date-Time Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:53 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 7:58:53 AM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 3.267°N, 95.821°E Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program Region OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA Distances 250 km (155 miles) SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 315 km (195 miles) W of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia 1260 km (790 miles) SSW of BANGKOK, Thailand 1590 km (990 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters Nst=231, Nph=231, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=R Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usslav Felt Reports At least 27,000 people were killed by the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Tsunamis killed at least 18,000 people in Sri Lanka, 4,300 in India, 1,400 in Thailand, 100 in Somalia, 52 in Maldives, 44 in Malaysia, 30 in Myanmar, 10 in Tanzania, 3 in Seychelles, 2 in Bangladesh and 1 in Kenya. Tsunamis also occurred on the coasts of Cocos Island, Mauritius, and Reunion. The tsunami crossed into the Pacific Ocean and was recorded along the west coast of South and North America. The earthquake was felt (VIII) at Banda Aceh and (V) at Medan, Sumatra. It was also felt in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. This is the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and is the largest since the 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska earthquake.