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USGS usp000dd5x

12 Jan 2005, 13:58

78 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 29.9 km depth.

Depth29.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 78 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia?

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5.549000, 94.625000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dd5x
Coordinates
5.549, 94.625
Network
us
Significance
449