The epicenter of the Mw 9.0 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on 26 December 2004 at 00:58 UTC occurred near the northwestern end of Sumatra and ruptured northward along the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago (Figure 1). The principal rupture had a duration of more than 10 minutes (Park et al., 2005) and was perceptible to a distance of 3,300 km westward and 2,600 km northward. The largest accelerations were perceived near the epicenter, but high intensities were also perceived along the archipelago with diminishing intensity northward. Presented here are 206 intensity reports interpreted in terms of EMS-98 (...
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