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USGS usc000ncdc

15 Mar 2014, 10:58

13 km S of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 171.6 km depth.

Depth171.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 13 km S of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia?

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2.838100, 99.071700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000ncdc
Coordinates
2.8381, 99.0717
Network
us
Significance
449