2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
megathrust earthquake ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
tsunami ⓘ
affectedArea Mentawai Islands ⓘ
West Sumatra province ⓘ
linked to: West Sumatra
aftershocks yes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 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 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 Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency ⓘ
linked to: BMKG
tsunamiWarningIssueTime shortly after mainshock ⓘ
tsunamiWarningStatus later lifted ⓘ
year 2010 ⓘ

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