Forgot your username?Geochemistry, Mineralogy, VolcanologyData Management Center, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, Washington, USAAuxiliary material files may require downloading to a local drive depending on platform, browser, configuration, and size. It has been almost 3 months since the devastating tsunami struck the Kepulauan Mentawai region of Indonesia. M 5.8    2010/10/26 23:45   Depth 25.1 km    KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA October 27, 2010 at 06:45 AM at epicenter Aftershock east of Pulau Sipura, another Mentawai island. Gempa ini membangkitkan tsunami yang menyapu lebih dari dua puluh desa di Kepulauan Mentawai dan menyebabkan jatuhnya korban tidak kurang dari 448 jiwa dengan sekitar 100 orang lainnya dinyatakan hilang.
Nearest the epicenter, Pagai is divided into two parts: Pagai Utara in the northwest, and Pagai Selatan in the southeast. Kejadian tsunami Mentawai bisa dikatakan merupakan babak baru pada pemahaman tsunami di Indonesia.
The quake struck 20.6 kilometers (12.8 miles) below the floor of the ocean, spawning a 3-meter (10-foot) tsunami on Pagai Island. Additional file information is provided in the readme.txt.Hydrology, Cryosphere and Earth SurfaceJournal of Geophysical ResearchIf the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your usernameDepartment of Ocean and Resource Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USACan't sign in? The base maps show the large‐slip regions for the 12 September 2007 Kepulauan (pink areas) and Suma-tran earthquakes (blue region) [Konca et al., 2008]. The quake struck 20.6 kilometers (12.8 miles) below the floor of the ocean, spawning a 3-meter (10-foot) tsunami on Pagai Island. wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/previous.events/Indonesia_10-25-10/10-25-10.htm Two of our charter boats were anchored in the bay at Macaronis Resort when the tsunami hit, the Midas which caught on fire and the Freedom III which sustained minor damages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2010_Sumatra_earthquake Pagai and its tiny neighbors evidently bore the brunt of the high water.This image shows the topography and bathymetry near Sumatra, Indonesia, where hundreds or thousands of people were feared dead in the wake of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck on September 30, 2009.This image shows bathymetry in shades of blue and topography in shades of brown in the area where an earthquake struck off the shore of western Java on September 2, 2009.This map shows the location of earthquakes on near Christchurch, New Zealand between September 3, 2010, and February 22, 2011.This color-coded map shows the topography, bathymetry, fault lines, and earthquake locations related to earthquakes in New Britain on July 18–19, 2010.Image of the Day for October 27, 2010This image shows the region where the earthquake and numerous aftershocks occurred on October 25 and 26, 2010. Pagai is accessible only by boat, and rough seas prevented rescue workers from reaching the island immediately after the disaster. If you do not receive an email within 10 minutes, your email address may not be registered, and you may need to create a new Wiley Online Library account.Engineering and Applied GeophysicsSeismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USAEnter your email address below and we will send you your username Maps showing the source region bathymetry and topography near the 25 October 2010 Mentawai tsunami earthquake (M w 7.8). The Macaronis Resort was also severely damaged and is currently being re-built. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.Auxiliary material for this article contains 11 figures, 4 animations, and 1 table.Please check your email for instructions on resetting your password. Aftershocks appear as red circles, with bigger circles indicating stronger aftershocks. Tiny islands fringe Pagai Selatan’s western side. Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:42:22 UTC Monday, October 25, 2010 at 09:42:22 PM at epicenter Location: 3.484°S, 100.114°E Depth: 20.6 km (12.8 miles) Region: KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA Distances: 240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia 280 km (175 miles) S of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia The base maps show the large‐slip regions for the 12 September 2007 Kepulauan (pink areas) and Sumatran earthquakes (blue region) [Konca et al., 2008].The focal mechanism is the W‐phase moment tensor solution described in the text. Figure 1. Magnitude 5.1 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA 2010 April 03 22:33:43 UTC Saturday, April 03, 2010 at 22:33:43 UTC Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 05:33:43 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 2.207°S, 100.084°E Depth 44.1 km (27.4 miles) Region KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA Distances This is the first time since the major shock that the epicenter was that far north. Within roughly 24 hours of the quake, however, news reports told of more than 100 casualties and as many as 500 people missing.West of Sumatra, a string of islands runs southeast-northwest. The temblor struck the Kepulauan Mentawai region of Indonesia, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from Padang, the provincial capital of West … Thin black lines delineate coastlines, and a thick black line marks the fault line in this region.