There were no direct effects Influence of the earthquake Catastrophe 's shaking Motion due to its low intensity , and the large loss Damaging of life from the event was due Causation to the resulting Causation tsunami Catastrophe , which inundated Destroying a portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected Causation by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe that was off the coast of Sumatra .

The duration of shaking Motion lasted about 10–15 seconds and was felt up to away .

The earthquake Catastrophe was measured at 7.1 on the Richter magnitude scale and the intensity of shaking in the epicentral region has been assessed Scrutiny from historical records as VIII ( `` Severe '' ) on the Modified Mercalli Scale .

It was felt Change_sentiment across much of Victoria and parts of New South Wales , with strong shaking Motion reported Reporting across the state capital , Melbourne .

The earthquake produced Manufacturing severe shaking Body_movement , registering Recording at VIII on the Mercalli scale in and around Christchurch .

The 2010 Chile earthquake Catastrophe ( ) occurred Coming_to_be off the coast of central Chile on Saturday , 27 February at 03:34 local time ( 06:34 UTC ) , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale , with intense shaking Motion lasting for about three minutes .

according to chile 's seismological service UNK experienced Perception_active the strongest shaking at mm ix ( `` violent '' ) .

High intensity shaking Motion was felt Motion from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley , an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area .

A maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( `` Severe '' ) was assessed Check for several locations , though less intense shaking Motion was observed Know at many other locations in Washington , Oregon , and British Columbia .

Some of these intermediate outlying areas reported Reporting V ( `` Moderate '' ) to VII ( `` Very strong '' ) shaking Motion , but intensities as high as IV ( `` Light '' ) were reported Reporting as far distant as Idaho and Montana .