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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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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoWell, if you are talking about the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake then it lasted about 3-4 minutes but the exact time can't be found because the length of the time people felt the shaking varies depending on the distance to the fault, other factors and the type of bedrock they were on.
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∙ 12y agoThe initial 9.0 earthquake lasted about 3-5 minutes. It's estimated that this massive quake shortened the day about 1.8 microseconds, shifted the Earth's axis about 6.5 inches, and moved the country as much as 12 feet closer to North America.
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∙ 11y agoThe 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 was reported to last 6 minutes.
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∙ 13y agoIt lasted 3 minutes.
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∙ 15y agoit was at roughly 00:58:53
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∙ 14y ago8 hours
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∙ 11y ago27 hours
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This devastating earthquake lasted for 120 seconds.
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How long did the 1923 kamchatka earthquake last?
5 minutes
How long did the 1989 loma prieta earthquake last?
15 long measley destructive seconds
How many earthquakes have occurred with 9.0?
5-6 recorded earthquakes have measured 9.0 or higher on the Richter scale. 1960 Valdivia earthquake; Valdivia, Chile; 9.5 magnitude 1964 Alaska earthquake; Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA; 9.2 magnitude 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia; 9.1-9.3 magnitude 1952 Kamchatka earthquakes; Kamchatka, Russia (then USSR); 9.0 magnitude 2011 Tohoku earthquake; Pacific Ocean, Tohoku region, Japan; 9.0 magnitude 1833 Sumatra earthquake; Sumatra, Indonesia; 8.8-9.2 magnitude (est.)
Was the sumatra earthquake of 2004 the second largest earthquake of all time?
It was actually the 3rd largest earthquake of all time, measuring 9.1 The quake in Alaska in March 1964 measured 9.2 and the one in Chile in May 1960 measured 9.5
How did people cope after the earthquake?
They didn't cope very well at all after the earthquake because they had nowhere to live or anything to eat or clean water
Where did the sumatra earthquake happen?
the sumatra earthquake happened in sumatra
How did the Sumatra tsunami occur?
An earthquake caused the Sumatra Tsunami.
What plates was the 2004 Sumatra's earthquake on?
the idiana and the burmiuda
When did the Sumatra earthquake happen?
September 30, 2009
What is the longest lasting earthquake?
the sumatra earthquake was the onget earthquake in history, it lasted about 10 minutes and killed over 300,000 people
What was the monetary damages of the sumatra earthquake in2004?
400- 800 million
How long did the Taiwan earthquake last?
what kind of answer is that!
How long did the Murchison on earthquake last?
as long as Allah willed it to be!
Which country in the world suffered from a severe earthquake recently?
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.
Where was the 2004 tsunami?
The earthquake in 2004 started on the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
How long did the anchorage earthquake last?
it last nearly for four minutes
How long was the last romania'n earthquake?
The earthquake from 4 March 1977: 56 seconds.
