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USGS usp000dr3m

18 May 2005, 12:37

219 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.1 mwb earthquake at 2.5 km depth.

Depth2.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 219 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia?

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5.439000, 93.357000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dr3m
Coordinates
5.439, 93.357
Network
us
Significance
572