2008 Simeulue earthquake

Earthquake in Indonesia 2008 Simeulue earthquake Sunda megathrust 4 dead, 25 injured Yes Yes None VIIIhttp://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/master.php?event_id=2008nran&network_id=us PAGER United States Geological Survey 20 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20080228020707/http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/master.php?event_id=2008nran&network_id=us 28 February 2008 dead 19 November 2023 Aceh Province, Indonesia Thrust 7.4 wc yes 15:08 WITA 26.0 km 20 February 2008 usp000fzau 13214445 2008-02-20 08:08:30 Indonesia Sumatra -2.768 95.964 inline, title thumb|Damage assessment by the Indonesian Red Cross. On February 20, 2008, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.4 struck off the coast of Sumatra at a hypocentre depth of 26 km. The earthquake had an epicenter located on the island of Simeulue, northwest from Sinabang, a small town on the island. Three people were killed and an additional 25 seriously injured as a result of the earthquake.NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database Significant Earthquake Information INDONESIA: SUMATERA: ACEH PROVINCE https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/7870 2021-01-31 National Geophysical Data Center Tectonic setting The west coast of Sumatra is dominated by the Sunda megathrust; a 5,000 km long convergent boundary where the Australian plate subducts beneath the Burma plate and Sunda plate at a rate of 60 mm/yr.Belle Philibosian Kerry Sieh Jean-Philippe Avouac Danny H. Natawidjaja Hong-Wei Chiang Chung-Che Wu Hugo Perfettini Chuan-Chou Shen Mudrik R. Daryono Bambang W. Suwargadi 2014 Rupture and variable coupling behavior of the Mentawai segment of the Sunda megathrust during the supercycle culmination of 1797 to 1833 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 9 7258–7287 10.1002/2014JB011200 2014JGRB..119.7258P free 10356/79397 free The subduction zone offshore Sumatra has been responsible for several large earthquakes in 2004 and 2005.Sieh Kerry 2007 The Sunda megathrust – Past, present and future http://tecto.caltech.edu/sumatra/downloads/papers/Snu.pdf Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 1 1–19 10.1142/S179343110700002X California Institute of Technology Earthquake The Simeulue earthquake occurred as a result of thrust faulting along the subduction zone where the Australian and Burma plates meet.2008 M 7.4 – Simeulue, Indonesia https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000fzau/executive 2021-01-31 USGS-ANSS It earthquake had an epicenter close to another magnitude 7.4 earthquake in 2002.2002 M 7.4 – Simeulue, Indonesia https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000bfuz/executive 2021-01-31 United States Geological Survey That was considered a foreshock of the 2004 event. The rupture patch for the 2008 event is located between the southern rupture area of the 2004 quake, and the northern rupture for another 2005 quake.2008 Crustal Deformation Observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) https://www.gsi.go.jp/cais/topics-topic080224-index-e.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20100213111453/http://www.gsi.go.jp:80/cais/topics-topic080224-index-e.html 2010-02-13 2021-01-31 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Prior to this quake, that section of the megathrust was considered a seismic gap that last ruptured in 1797. It was not considered an aftershock of neither the 2004 or 2005 earthquakes. During the earthquake in 2008, a circular rupture area with a diameter of 60 km broke and slipped for 2.2 meters at its maximum.Paul M. Morgan Lujia Feng Aron J. Meltzner Eric O. Lindsey Louisa L. H. Tsang Emma M. Hill 2017 Sibling earthquakes generated within a persistent rupture barrier on the Sunda megathrust under Simeulue Island Geophysical Research Letters 44 5 2159–2166 10.1002/2016GL071901 2017GeoRL..44.2159M free 10356/86298 free Damage and casualties Four people were reported killed and 25 suffered serious injuries from the quake.Louise Radnofsky and agencies 20 Feb 2008 Three killed as earthquake rocks Indonesia The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/20/indonesia 31 Jan 20212008 Indonesia: Red Cross responds to latest earthquake https://www.ifrc.org/ar/news-and-media/news-stories/asia-pacific/indonesia/indonesia-red-cross-responds-to-latest-earthquake/?print=trueGempa bumi Simeulue 2008 https://p2k.utn.ac.id/en1/2-3077-2966/Simeulue-08_147895_p2k-utn.html id 3 May 2022 The earthquake damaged many buildings in Simeulue due to the strong ground shaking. It was felt in northern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and even Thailand. This caused many residents along the Sumatran coast to evacuate for fear of a tsunami.2008 Three dead, 25 hurt in Indonesia quake ABC News Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-02-20/three-dead-25-hurt-in-indonesia-quake/1048934 2021-01-31 See also List of earthquakes in 2008 List of earthquakes in Indonesia References Category:2008 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in Indonesia Category:2008 disasters in Indonesia Category:February 2008 in Indonesia