Ruth's Blog – September 2009 Archive (1)

The September 2009 Sumatra earthquake was a 7.6 Mw earthquake which took place in Sumatra, Indonesia, at 17:16:10 local time on September 30, 2009. The quake struck at sea, and is 50 kilometres (31 mi) WNW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, 225 kilometres (140 mi) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia, 475 kilometres (295 mi) SSW of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and 960 kilometres (600 mi) NW of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.



At least 100-200 people have been killed as a result of the earthquake with… Continue