2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami
E207246
The 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami was a powerful undersea megathrust event off western Sumatra that generated a destructive tsunami, killing hundreds of people and devastating coastal communities in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2010 Mentawai Islands earthquake and tsunami | 1 |
| 2010 Mentawai earthquake | 1 |
| 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthquake
ⓘ
megathrust earthquake ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ tsunami ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
Mentawai Islands
ⓘ
West Sumatra ⓘ
surface form:
West Sumatra province
|
| aftershocks | yes ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami
ⓘ
surface form:
2010 Mentawai Islands earthquake and tsunami
|
| casualtiesDeaths | 400+ ⓘ |
| casualtiesInjured | hundreds ⓘ |
| casualtiesMissing | tens of people ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| damage |
boats destroyed
ⓘ
houses destroyed ⓘ infrastructure damage ⓘ inundation of low-lying areas ⓘ severe destruction of coastal villages ⓘ |
| date | 2010-10-25 ⓘ |
| earthquakeType | undersea megathrust earthquake ⓘ |
| epicenterNear |
North Pagai Island
ⓘ
South Pagai Island ⓘ |
| epicenterRegion | off the western coast of Sumatra ⓘ |
| foreshocks | yes ⓘ |
| localTime | 21:42 WIB ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mentawai Islands ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf |
Sumatra
ⓘ
West Sumatra ⓘ |
| magnitudeMw | 7.7 ⓘ |
| mainlyAffected | coastal communities ⓘ |
| maximumMercalliIntensity | VI ⓘ |
| month | October ⓘ |
| notableVillageAffected |
Bulakmonga
ⓘ
Maonai ⓘ Muntei ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sunda subduction system
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunda megathrust
seismicity of the Sumatra subduction zone ⓘ |
| plateBoundary | convergent boundary ⓘ |
| region | Sunda Arc ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate beneath the Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| time | 14:42:22 UTC ⓘ |
| triggered | tsunami ⓘ |
| tsunamiHeightMax | 10 m ⓘ |
| tsunamiHeightReported |
3 m
ⓘ
4 m ⓘ 5 m ⓘ |
| tsunamiWarningIssuedBy |
BMKG
ⓘ
surface form:
Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency
|
| tsunamiWarningIssueTime | shortly after mainshock ⓘ |
| tsunamiWarningStatus | later lifted ⓘ |
| year | 2010 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
2010 Mentawai Islands earthquake and tsunami
this entity surface form:
2010 Mentawai earthquake