Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 76 km northwest of Bukittinggi, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia, on Saturday, November 7, 1964 at 18:37 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 100 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 7, 1964 18:37:45 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.1 |
| Depth | 100.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 0.236°N / 99.954°E  (Sumatra Barat, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 0.236°S / 80.046°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Talakmau (18 km / 11 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 76 km (47 mi) NW of Bukittinggi (pop: 98,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) WNW of Payakumbuh (pop: 121,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 97 km (60 mi) N of Pariaman (pop: 92,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 139 km (86 mi) NNW of Padang (pop: 840,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 139 km (87 mi) NW of Solok (pop: 48,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 148 km (92 mi) SSE of Padangsidempuan (North Sumatra) (pop: 100,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 154 km (96 mi) NW of Sijunjung (pop: 27,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 168 km (105 mi) W of Pekanbaru (Riau) (pop: 704,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 376 km (234 mi) SSW of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (pop: 1,454,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 399 km (248 mi) SSE of Medan (North Sumatra) (pop: 1,751,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.1 | 100 km | northern Sumatra, Indonesia | USGS |
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