- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 26, 2004 CE
- Location:
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Aceh: Off West Coast
- Magnitude:
- 9.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 30 km
- Deaths:
- 227,899
- Damage:
- ~$10000M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 9.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 9.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.8
Other earthquake records of 2004 CE
- Morocco, Al Hoceima, Imzourene, Beni Abdallah · Mw 6.4 · 628 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Niigata Prefecture · Mw 6.6 · 68 deaths
- Indonesia, Nabire · Mw 7 · 37 deaths
- Iran, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran · Mw 6.3 · 35 deaths
- Indonesia, Kepulauan Alor · Mw 7.5 · 34 deaths
- Indonesia, Nabire · Mw 7.1 · 32 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2004 CE Earthquake — Indonesia, Sumatra: Aceh: Off West Coast happen?
- December 26, 2004 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 227,899. Historical death tolls vary by source.