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This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have ... 2022-09-30 Sumatra: 5.9 M w: VII 2 ... Heavy damage in Aceh region. 2016-03-02:
At first, a list of about 300 people who were unaccounted for was put together. One by one, however, all the people were found, either in hospitals, already home or in other countries. Canada: 15 Canadians were confirmed dead, as well as another six were left missing. Five of the missing are presumed dead. [12] Chile: Two dead. China
The 2016 Aceh earthquake (Indonesian: Gempa Aceh 2016) struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a M w of 6.5 in Aceh province on 7 December 2016, at 05:03 WIB (22:03 UTC 6 December 2016). The shock was reported to be at a depth of 13 km, categorized as a strong, shallow earthquake.
8.4 M w [65] Including 6 missing in Chile. 2015 Illapel earthquake: 5 March 2021 08:28 (local time) Kermadec Islands, New Zealand: 0 8.1 M w [66] Was preceded by an M w 7.4 foreshock and unrelated M w 7.3 event a few hours earlier. 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes: 28 July 2021 22:15 (local time) Alaska, United States 0 8.2
On 23 November, rescuers attended to Cugenang, where a village was buried by a landslide. [69] A six-year-old was rescued alive after being trapped under his collapsed home for two days. [52] On 24 November, over 1,000 rescuers used rescue dogs, heavy equipment and their bare hands to quicken the search for the missing. [52]
Relief was made difficult due to the insurgency of the separatist movement Free Aceh Movement which means that there were relatively few journalists, government offices, or aid workers in Aceh prior to the earthquake. On 27 December the government lifted the 18-month-old ban prohibiting foreign journalists and aid workers from travelling to Aceh.
The government's response includes NZD20 million (A$18.4 million) for United Nations relief efforts, NZD20 million (A$18.4 million) for work in Aceh and other parts of Sumatra through a bilateral aid program in Indonesia and a NZD19 million (A$17.5 million) dollar-for-dollar matching of public donations by New Zealanders.
Aceh earthquake may refer to: 2012 Aceh earthquake , magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 M w undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on April 11, 2012 2013 Aceh earthquake , magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck the province of Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on July 2, 2013