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U.S. Department of State [email protected] Indonesia: Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Generates Local Tsunami http://hiu.state.gov HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT off Western Sumatra (October 25, 2010, 14:42 UTC) \! Kuala Lumpur \ National capital Earthquake - Tsunami Simeulue « Provincial capital On October 25, 2010, at 14:42 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake Province boundary MALAYSIA hit the Kepulauan Mentawai Region in western Sumatra, Earthquake epicenter (M 7.7) generating a tsunami; as of 22:30 UTC there had been twelve D Sumatra aftershocks,including two greater than magnitude 6.0. The Utara epicenter of the Pulau Pagai Selatan earthquake was: # Aftershocks greater than M 4.0 tLN NJMFT XFTUPGQSPWJODJBMDBQJUBM Expected Shaking Intensity Nias \! Bengkulu (309,700 people); Strong SINGAPORE tLN NJMFT TPVUIPGQSPWJODJBMDBQJUBM1BEBOH Moderate (860,000 people). Light Estimated Population Density !«Pekanbaru Seven minutes after the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami (persons per sq. km) Warning Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Fewer than 5 Administration issued a local tsunami warning. The Mentawai Riau 5 - 50 Sumatra Islands experienced 10-foot waves as far as 2,000 feet inland. 51 - 500 Barat One year ago, in September 2009, Western Sumatra was hit by a 501 - 50,000 powerful earthquake of 7.9 magnitude, which killed more than Greater than 50,000 1,000 people and caused massive infrastructure damage. !«Padang Siberut
Current Situation (as of October 27, 15:30 UTC) Jambi!« Jambi t0WFSEFBUITBSFDPOöSNFECZUIF8FTU4VNBUSB KEPALUAN provincial disaster management office. MENTAWAI Sipura t"QQSPYJNBUFMZGBNJMJFTFWBDVBUFEUPIJHIFSHSPVOEBOE ISLANDS 412 people are reported still missing. # t0WFS QFPQMFJOUIFBSFBSFQPSUFEMZTPVHIUTIFMUFSJO Pagi Utara emergency camps. # # M 6.2 t)FBWZSBJOJTQSFWFOUJOHIFMJDPQUFSTGSPNSFBDIJOHUIFBSFB # Pagi # # Selatan Sumatra t-PDBMMZTJUVBUFEOPOHPWFSONFOUBMPSHBOJ[BUJPO4VSGBJE # # Bengkulu Selatan reported public telecommunications are down. Indian Ocean #D M 6.1 # M 7.7 # !« Bengkulu Government of Indonesia (GOP) Response
t1VCMJD8FMGBSF.JOJTUFS"HVOH-BLTPOPEFDMBSFEBO emergency and plans to visit the area. t(01BOOPVODFEBEBZFNFSHFODZQFSJPEBOEJTTFOEJOH 500 million rupiah (about $55,000) to finance relief efforts. t(01.JOJTUSZPG)FBMUIEJTQBUDIFEUXFMWFNFEJDBM 045 90 180 Km personnel from Padan. 045 90 180 Mi
045 90 180 NM
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative. Sources: USG; USGS; AFP; New York Times; BBC; Dawn; The Star; Xinhua October 27, 2010 - U294 STATE (HIU) UNCLASSIFIED