- May 2010 Northern Sumatra earthquake
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May 2010 Northern Sumatra earthquake 
Quake epicenterDate 9 May 2010 05:59 UTC Magnitude 7.2 MW Depth 45 kilometres (28 mi) Epicenter 3°46′30″N 96°03′18″E / 3.775°N 96.055°ECoordinates: 3°46′30″N 96°03′18″E / 3.775°N 96.055°E Countries or regions Indonesia
MalaysiaThe May 2010 Northern Sumatra earthquake was a 7.2 Mw earthquake that occurred on May 9, 2010, at 12:59 PM local time (5:59 UTC), off the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The epicenter was 215 km from Banda Aceh. According to USGS, it is likely that this earthquake occurred along the interface of the Indo-Australia Plate and the Sunda Plate. It was one of a sequence of large earthquakes along the Sunda megathrust in 2000s. Besides in Indonesia, this earthquake was also felt in Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.[1] Minor damage was reported in the control tower of an airport near Meulaboh,[2] where the intensity was MM VII.
See also
- April 2010 Sumatra earthquake
References
← Major earthquakes in 2010 → January Solomon Islands (7.1, Jan 3) · Eureka (USA) (6.5, Jan 10) · Haiti (7.0, Jan 12)†‡ · Drake Passage (Chile) (6.3, Jan 17)
February Chile (8.8, Feb 27)† · Salta (Argentina) (6.3, Feb 27)
March Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (6.4, Mar 4) · Elâzığ (Turkey) (6.1, Mar 8)† · 1st Pichilemu (Chile) (6.9, Mar 11) · 1st Biobío (Chile) (6.7, Mar 15) ·
April 2nd Biobío (Chile) (5.9, Apr 2) · Baja California (Mexico) (7.2, Apr 4) · 1st Sumatra (Indonesia) (7.8, Apr 6) · Yushu (China) (6.9, Apr 14)† · Afghanistan (5.4, Apr 18) · Australia (5.2, Apr 20) · 3rd Biobío (Chile) (6.2, Apr 23)
May 2nd Pichilemu (Chile) (6.0, May 2) · 4th Biobío (Chile) (6.4, May 3) · 2nd Sumatra (Indonesia) (7.2, May 9) · Algeria (5.1, May 14)
June Papua (Indonesia) (7.0, Jun 16) · Central Canada (5.0, Jun 23) · Oaxaca (Mexico) (6.2, Jun 30)
July Borrego Springs (USA) (5.4, July 7) · 5th Biobío (Chile) (6.5, Jul 14) · New Britain (Papua New Guinea) (7.3, Jul 18) · Mindanao (Philippines) (7.6, 7.4, Jul 24) · Iran (5.6, July 30)
August Ecuador (7.1, Aug 12)
September Canterbury (New Zealand) (7.1, Sep 4) · Lolol (Chile) (5.6, Sep 29)
October 3rd Sumatra (Indonesia) (7.7, Oct 25)†
November Serbia (5.3, Nov 3)
December Hosseinabad (Iran) (6.5, Dec 20) · Bonin Islands (Japan) (7.4, Dec 21)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the yearSumatran megathrust earthquakes Notable Sumatran megathrust quakes 1797 Sumatra earthquake · 1833 Sumatra earthquake · 1861 Sumatra earthquake · 1935 Sumatra earthquake · 1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake · 2000 Sumatra earthquake · 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake · 2005 Sumatra earthquake · March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes · September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes · 2009 Sumatra earthquakes · April 2010 Sumatra earthquake · May 2010 Northern Sumatra earthquake · October 2010 Sumatra earthquakeRelated quakes 2009 Andaman Islands earthquakePlate tectonics Sunda Trench (Java) · Burma Plate · Indo-Australian Plate · Sunda Plate · Great Sumatran fault · Tsunami · Sunda megathrustCategories:- 2010 earthquakes
- 2010 in Indonesia
- Megathrust earthquakes in Sumatra
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