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USGS usb000qt4l

18 May 2014, 02:02

off the west coast of northern Sumatra

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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4.248500, 92.757400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000qt4l
Coordinates
4.2485, 92.7574
Network
us
Significance
554