- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 17, 2006 CE
- Location:
- Indonesia, Sumatera: Northern, Muarasipongi
- Magnitude:
- 5.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 30 km
- Deaths:
- 7
- Injuries:
- 100
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.8
Other earthquake records of 2006 CE
- Indonesia, Java: Bantul, Yogyakarta · Mw 6.3 · 6,234 deaths
- Indonesia, Java · Mw 7.7 · 802 deaths
- Iran, Western: Borujerd, Dorud · Mw 6.1 · 70 deaths
- China, Yanjin · Mw 4.9 · 22 deaths
- Mozambique · Mw 7 · 4 deaths
- Indonesia, Seram · Mw 6.7 · 4 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 2006 CE Earthquake — Indonesia, Sumatera: Northern, Muarasipongi happen?
- December 17, 2006 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: 7. Historical death tolls vary by source.