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USGS usp000dj2u

12 Mar 2005, 22:33

71 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 59.5 km depth.

Depth59.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 71 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia?

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5.478000, 94.693000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dj2u
Coordinates
5.478, 94.693
Network
us
Significance
400