1995 Kerinci earthquake

Earthquake in Indonesia 1995 Kerinci earthquake 1995-10-06 18:09:45 1:09 WIB usp00074ph 74638 6.7 w yes6.9–7.0 s yes 29.8 kmOB 899872 Great Sumatran fault Strike-slip Sumatra, Indonesia 8Katalog Gempabumi Signifikan Dan Dirasakan https://www.bmkg.go.id/gempabumi/katalog-gempabumi-signifikan.bmkg Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency 11 August 2021 25 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210725043658/https://www.bmkg.go.id/gempabumi/katalog-gempabumi-signifikan.bmkg dead Yes YesLargest: b 5.3M 5.3 – Southern Sumatra, Indonesia https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp00074pj/executive United States Geological Survey 1 March 2021 84–100 dead,Indonesia: Sumatera, Jambi Province https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/5422 National Centers for Environmental Information 1 March 2021 2,073 injured 1.895 101.499 Indonesia Sumatra 2 epicenter. -2.045 101.436 Bullseye1.png 40 1995 10 07 thumb|Map of the Great Sumatran fault with labelled segments The 1995 Kerinci earthquake struck near Sungai Penuh in Jambi Province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It earthquake occurred at 01:18 WIB (UTC +7) local time on October 7.M 6.8 – Southern Sumatra, Indonesia https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp00074ph/executive live 2021-03-02 United States Geological Survey https://web.archive.org/web/20210811075448/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp00074ph/executive 2021-08-11 The earthquake measured 6.7 w y on the moment magnitude scale, and 6.9–7.0 s y on the surface-wave magnitude scale. Between 84 and possibly even 100 people were killed in the earthquake.Death Toll in Massive Sumatra Quake May Rise http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9510/sumatra_quake/10-07/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210811075430/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9510/sumatra_quake/10-07/ dead August 11, 2021 11 August 2021 CNN 7 October 1995 Padang, Indonesia An extimated 4,000 buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged while a further 5,000 suffered some damage.Indonesia – Earthquake Information Report No.2 https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/indonesia-earthquake-information-report-no2 ReliefWeb 11 August 2021 8 October 1995 Earthquake The earthquake was associated with shallow strike-slip faulting along the Great Sumatran fault, instead of thrust mechanism associated with the Sunda Megathrust to the west coast.Nanang T. Puspito and Indra Gunawan 2005 Tsunami Sources in the Sumatra Region, Indonesia and Simulation of the 26 December 2004 Aceh Tsunami https://home.iitk.ac.in/~vinaykg/Iset459.pdf ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology 42 4 111–125 It ruptured the Siulak segment of the fault which was also involved in a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in 1909.Nobuo Hurukawa Biana Rahayu Wulandari Minoru Kasahara Earthquake History of the Sumatran Fault, Indonesia, Since 1892, Derived from Relocation of Large Earthquakes Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2014 104 4 1750–1762 10.1785/0120130201 2014BuSSA.104.1750H This segment of the fault had been quiet for an unusually long period prior to the 1995 earthquake.Sigit Sukmono M. T. Zen L. Hendrajaya W. G. A. Kadir D. Santoso J. Dubois Fractal Pattern of the Sumatra Fault Seismicity and Its Possible Application to Earthquake Prediction Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 1997 87 6 1685–1690 10.1785/BSSA0870061685 1997BuSSA..87.1685S 131621200 Impact The damage occurred mainly in the valley linear to the Great Sumatran fault. Serious damage was reported north of Lake Kerinci.Kerry Sieh Danny Natawidjaja Danny Hilman Natawidjaja Neotectonics of the Sumatran Fault, Indonesia Journal of Geophysical Research 2000 105 B12 28295–28326 10.1029/2000JB900120 2000JGR...10528295S 10356/95544 https://earthobservatory.sg/files/publications/pdf/Neotectonicosf%20the%20Sumatran%20fault,%20Indonesia.pdf 2021-08-11 2022-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20220226103053/https://earthobservatory.sg/files/publications/pdf/Neotectonicosf%20the%20Sumatran%20fault,%20Indonesia.pdf dead The earthquake triggered large landslides around the valley, burying many residents. The Associated Press reported that at least 100 people had been killed as a result of the earthquake.FADYL GHAFUR October 7, 1995 At Least 100 Killed as Earthquake Hits Indonesia's Sumatra Island Associated Press News https://apnews.com/article/2304dc43bf7279718fac325cf3704b82 2021-03-02 An additional 773 people sustained serious injuries while 1,300 others were minor. There were earlier reports that suggested in the village of Kematan in Jambi Province lost 15 residents.Ghafur Fadyl Massive Earthquake Hits Sumatra, Many Lives Lost Hospitals Overwhelmed By Dead And Injured https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/oct/07/massive-earthquake-hits-sumatra-many-lives-lost/ 11 August 2021 The Spokesman-Review 7 October 1995 A total of more than 17,600 buildings were affected, 4,000 of them were destroyed or seriously damaged, leaving 65,000 people homeless.M 6.8 – 5 Km ENE of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp00074ph/executive United States Geological Survey 11 August 2021 Rescue and recovery efforts were disrupted by the inaccessibility of the area, as well as damaged roads and wet weather conditions. The earthquake was also reportedly felt in Singapore, where it caused some panic and drove many residents out of their homes. Despite the 470 km distance from the epicenter, the quake rattled lamps and furnitures in tall apartment buildings. See also List of earthquakes in 1995 List of earthquakes in Indonesia References Category:1995 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in Sumatra Category:Earthquakes in Indonesia Category:1995 in Indonesia Category:Jambi Category:Geography of Jambi Category:October 1995 in Indonesia