2000 Enggano earthquake

The shock struck southern Sumatra and the southern Mentawai Islands at 23:28 WIB, with most of the damage falling on Bengkulu province. Of the 103 people killed and 2,174 injured, 100 of the dead were from the city of Bengkulu and neighbouring towns. More than 340 aftershocks followed through the rest of 2000, the first of them eleven minutes after the mainshock.

Origin time (UTC)

2000-06-04T16:28

Magnitude

7.9

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

33

Deaths, as sources state them

103

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0009txv

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, sumatra, bengkulu, aftershocks

Coordinates: -4.721, 102.087

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in Indonesia since 2000

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