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USGS usb000smr9

16 Oct 2014, 09:34

274 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 12 km depth.

Depth12 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated4 February 2026Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 274 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia?

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3.950500, 93.438800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000smr9
Coordinates
3.9505, 93.4388
Network
us
Significance
432