1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes

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1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes is located in Sumatra
1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
UTC timeDoublet earthquake:    
 1943-06-08 20:42:46
 1943-06-09 03:06:20
ISC event 
 899871
 899872
USGS-ANSS 
 ComCat
 ComCat
Local dateJune 9, 1943 [1]
Local time 
 03:42:46
 10:06:20
Magnitude 
 Ms 7.5 [2]
 Ms 7.8 [3]
Depth15 km (9.3 mi)[2]
10 km (6.2 mi)[3]
Epicenter1°00′S 101°00′E / 1.0°S 101.0°E / -1.0; 101.0 [1]
Areas affectedIndonesia
Max. intensityIX (Destructive) (both events)[4]
Map of the Great Sumatran Fault with labelled segments

The 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes occurred on June 8 and June 9 UTC (June 9, 1943, local time) in

earthquake doublet (the shocks occurred at the same location on consecutive days).[5]

The first mainshock occurred on June 8 at 20:42 UTC. It ruptured the Suliti segment of the Sumatran Fault Zone. The magnitude was given as Mw 7.2,[1] or Ms 7.1.[6]

The second mainshock occurred on June 9 at 03:06 UTC. It ruptured the Sumani segment of the Sumatran Fault Zone and perhaps the northwestern part of the Suliti segment. The magnitude was given as Mw  7.5,[1] or Ms  7.4.[6]

Alahan Panjang was damaged in the earthquakes.[5] Right lateral offsets were reported near the town of Solok.[6]

Near the Sumani segment, earthquake doublets occurred repeatedly.[7] Similar earthquake doublet nearby include the earthquakes in 1926 and 2007.[8]

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