Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.9
Date-Time Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 11:10:23 UTC
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 06:10:23 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 4.519°S, 101.346°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances 130 km (80 miles) SW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
410 km (255 miles) SSE of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
625 km (390 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
700 km (435 miles) SSW of SINGAPORE
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.5 km (5.9 miles); depth fixed by
location program
Parameters Nst=181, Nph=181, Dmin=812 km, Rmss=1.42 sec, Gp= 43°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007hear
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