The 2010 Banyak Islands earthquake occurred on April 7 at 5:15 AM local time with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of V (Moderate).

[2] A 40 cm surge was reported in the Banyak Islands an hour after the quake, along with 62 injuries.

[3] Power outages were reported throughout the province of North Sumatra[4] as well as in Aceh.

[5][6] This quake is one in a sequence of large earthquakes along the Sunda megathrust in the 2000s.

Some of the injured were treated at Simeulue general hospital in Sinabang.