A magnitude Mw6.9 #earthquake offshore south-central #Sumatra.

Mechanism and location suggest rupture on the shallow part of the #subduction #megathrust close to the trench (on the very shallow dipping fault plane). However, modelled depth of ~19km, if true, seems little too deep given the closeness with the trench (USGS gives same depth and mechanism). This means that we cannot exclude a rupture on the steep fault plane within the oceanic plate.

Map with source time function from Geoscope IPGP
http://geoscope.ipgp.fr/index.php/en/catalog/earthquake-description?seis=us7000iqpn
Larger map with epicenter of this event in red from USGS (both not yet on fediverse it seems)