1861 Sumatra earthquake
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The 1861 Sumatra earthquake occurred on 16 February and was the last in a sequences of earthquakes that ruptured adjacent parts of the Sumatran segment of the Sunda megathrust. It caused a devastating tsunami which led to several thousand fatalities. The earthquake was felt as far away as the Malay peninsula and the eastern part of Java.[3] The rupture area for the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake is similar to that estimated for the 1861 event.
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Local date | 16 February 1861 (1861-02-16) |
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Magnitude | 8.5 Mw |
Epicenter | 1.0°N 97.5°E / 1.0; 97.5 |
Fault | Sunda megathrust |
Areas affected | Sumatra, Dutch East Indies |
Max. intensity | VIII (Heavily damaging)[1] |
Tsunami | yes |
Casualties | several thousand[2] |
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