Indonesia Mentawai Earthquake Rocked 7,2 Scale Richer

The epicenter of the quake was located 355 kilometers (220 miles) south-southeast of Mexico City

Region South Pagai, Mentawai, West Sumatra, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked the Richter Scale, on Monday at around 21:42 pm. According to Bureau of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), the epicenter at a depth of 10 kilometers from the sea surface. located 78 miles southwest of South Pagai, Mentawai, while the epicenter located at 3.61 south latitude position and 99.93 East Longitude, and the potential to cause tsunami

Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	7.7
Date-Time	Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:42:22 UTC Monday, October 25, 2010 at 09:42:22 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	3.484°S, 100.114°E
Depth	20.6 km (12.8 miles)
Region	KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances	240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia 280 km (175 miles) S of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 305 km (190 miles) W of Lubuklinggau, Sumatra, Indonesia 795 km (500 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
	horizontal +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles); depth +/- 3.4 km (2.1 miles)
Parameters	NST=297, Nph=297, Dmin=330.2 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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As reported on www.smh.com.au/world
A powerful earthquake hit off western Indonesia late yesterday, briefly triggering a tsunami warning that sent thousands of panicked residents fleeing to high ground. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The 7.5-magnitude temblor struck at a depth of 20 kilometres off Sumatra island, said the US Geological Survey.

At least five towns in the provinces of Bengkulu and West Sumatra were badly jolted, officials and witnesses said, as were the nearby Mentawai islands.
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“Everyone was running out of their houses,” said Sofyan Alawi, a resident in the city of Padang, adding that, with loudspeakers from mosques blaring out tsunami warnings, the roads leading to surrounding hills were quickly jammed with cars and motorcycles.
“We kept looking back to see if a wave was coming,” said 28-year-old resident Ade Syahputra.

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