About 15 hours and 37 minutes.
The first quake hit at 12:59 UTC on the 26th December 1994.
The last recorded event was not until 15:36 UTC when small waves were being noticed in the Pacific.
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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, also known as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was one of the deadliest in history before the Haiti earthquake. It occurred off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis, killing over 230,000 people in 14 countries.
No, the Sumatra earthquake of 2004, also known as the Indian Ocean earthquake, is not the second largest earthquake of all time. It was one of the deadliest in recorded history, with a magnitude of 9.1-9.3. The largest recorded earthquake is the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, with a magnitude of 9.4-9.6.
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake lasted about 15 seconds. It was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that caused significant damage in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The largest earthquakes on record are:9.5 near Valdivia, Chile May 22, 1960.9.2 in Prince William Sound, Alaska March 27, 19649.1-9.3 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia December 26, 20049.0 Tohoku region of Japan March 11, 20118.8 -9.2 Sumatra, Indonesia November 25, 18338.8 Ecuador/Columbia January 31, 19068.8 Maule, Chile February 27, 20108.7-9.2 Pacific Ocean near the modern U.S. and Canada January 26, 17008.7-9.0 Valapariso, Chile, July 8, 17308.7 Atlantic Ocean/Portugal November 1, 1755.
The focal depth of an earthquake is how far beneath the earth's surface the hypo-center of the earthquake.Because of its location in the Indian Ocean, however, its focal depth is measured as 30 kilometers below mean sea level, rather than being measured at the seabed.
the sumatra earthquake happened in sumatra
An earthquake caused the Sumatra Tsunami.
September 30, 2009
the sumatra earthquake was the onget earthquake in history, it lasted about 10 minutes and killed over 300,000 people
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake occurred on the interface between the Indian Plate and the Burma Plate along a subduction zone. This subduction zone is known as the Sunda Megathrust and is located off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
400- 800 million
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Largest earthquake in last 6 months was the magnitude 8.6 earthquake off the west coast of northern Sumatra on April 11, 2012. There was recently a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Northwestern Iran on August 11, 2012 followed by a series of aftershocks.
The earthquake in 2004 started on the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
The earthquake from 4 March 1977: 56 seconds.
25 seconds