2009 West Sumatra earthquake

The quake struck West Sumatra at 5:16pm local time, with the epicentre offshore southwest of Pariaman. The Ministry of Health's Crisis Control Center initially put the dead in the hundreds, with residents still buried under collapsed homes and other buildings. A later count, dated 2 October 2009, gave more than 770 killed and more than 2,100 injured, with severe damage reported in Pariaman, about 50 kilometres north of Padang.

Origin time (UTC)

2009-09-30T10:16

Magnitude

7.6

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

81

Deaths, as sources state them

more than 770 (as of 2 October 2009)

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000h237

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, sumatra, padang, pariaman

Coordinates: -0.72, 99.867

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

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