Very strong mag. 6.7 earthquake - 47 km southwest of Pulau Pangkal Island, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia, on Thursday, Jan 2, 1936 at 10:34 pm (GMT +0)
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Very strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake at 30 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 2, 1936 22:34:28 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Jan 2, 1936 at 10:34 pm (GMT +0) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.7 |
| Depth | 30.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 0.108°S / 98.956°E  (Indian Ocean, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 0.108°N / 81.044°W |
| Shaking intensity | Strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Sorikmarapi (109 km / 68 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 141 km (88 mi) WNW of Pariaman (pop: 92,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 159 km (99 mi) W of Bukittinggi (pop: 98,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 169 km (105 mi) S of Padangsidempuan (pop: 100,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 181 km (113 mi) WNW of Padang (pop: 840,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) W of Payakumbuh (pop: 121,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) WNW of Solok (pop: 48,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 206 km (128 mi) S of Sibolga (pop: 79,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 264 km (164 mi) SSW of Rantauprapat (pop: 103,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 285 km (177 mi) WSW of Pekanbaru (pop: 704,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 472 km (293 mi) SW of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (pop: 1,454,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.1 x 1014 joules (197 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.7 x 105 tons of TNT or 10.6 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.7 | 30 km | Kepulauan Batu, Indonesia | USGS |
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