New Indonesian Earthquake: Magnitude 6.9

Magnitude 6.9 - NIAS REGION, INDONESIA

2005 May 14 05:05:18 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center

World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A strong earthquake occurred at 05:05:18 (UTC) on Saturday, May 14,

2005. The magnitude 6.9 event has been located in the NIAS REGION,

INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 6.9

Date-Time Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 05:05:18 (UTC)

= Coordinated Universal Time

Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 12:05:18 PM

= local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 0.562°N, 98.375°E

Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program

Region NIAS REGION, INDONESIA

Distances

135 km (85 miles) SSW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia

275 km (170 miles) NW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia

465 km (290 miles) SW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

1185 km (740 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by

location program

Parameters Nst=166, Nph=166, Dmin=580.1 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 29°,

M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usybai

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usybai.htm