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USGS usp000dbgx

26 Dec 2004, 05:55

266 km WSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 23.2 km depth.

Depth23.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 266 km WSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia?

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3.169000, 93.937000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dbgx
Coordinates
3.169, 93.937
Network
us
Significance
400