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2016 Sumatra earthquake, the Glossary

The 2016 Sumatra earthquake was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck on 2 March 2016 in the Indian Ocean, approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia.^[1]

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2016 disasters in Indonesia
2016 earthquakes
Earthquakes in Sumatra
March 2016 events in Indonesia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name.

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Cocos Island

Cocos Island (Isla del Coco) is an island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately southwest of the Costa Rican mainland.

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) is a joint initiative of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the European Commission that serves to consolidate and improve the dissemination of disaster-related information, in order to improve the coordination of international relief efforts.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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List of earthquakes in 2016

This is a list of earthquakes in 2016. 2016 Sumatra earthquake and list of earthquakes in 2016 are 2016 earthquakes.

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List of earthquakes in Indonesia

This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia. 2016 Sumatra earthquake and list of earthquakes in Indonesia are earthquakes in Indonesia.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Mentawai Islands Regency

The Mentawai Islands Regency is a regency of West Sumatra Province which consists of a chain of about a hundred islands and islets approximately off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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Padang

Padang is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Time in Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia, a country located in Southeast Asia has three time zones.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from lit) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes

The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. 2016 Sumatra earthquake and 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes are earthquakes in Indonesia and earthquakes in Sumatra.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Sumatra_earthquake