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| UTC time | ?? |
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| ISC event | |
| USGS-ANSS | |
| Date * | 16 August 2009 |
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| Local time | |
| Magnitude | 6.7 Mw |
| Depth | 44.8 kilometres (27.8 mi) |
| Epicenter | 1°23′49″S99°28′23″E / 1.397°S 99.473°E Coordinates: 1°23′49″S99°28′23″E / 1.397°S 99.473°E |
| Areas affected | Indonesia Sumatra |
| Casualties | 7 injured |
| * Deprecated | See documentation. |
The 2009 Sumatra earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 6.7 [1] on August 16, 2009 near Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia at 14:38 (local time), (07:38 UTC) injuring at least seven people. The earthquake was felt strongly in Padang. [2] The epicentre of the quake was located 43 kilometres (27 mi) southeast of Siberut Island off western Sumatra.
Siberut is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, lying 150 kilometres west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. A part of Indonesia, the island is the most important home for the Mentawai people. The western half of the island was set aside as the Siberut National Park in 1993. Much of the island is covered with rainforest, but is subject to commercial logging.
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres, the 14th largest by land area and the 7th largest in combined sea and land area. With over 261 million people, it is the world's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, contains more than half of the country's population.