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USGS usp000eaxw

26 Feb 2006, 21:32

71 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 71 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia?

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5.609000, 94.688000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eaxw
Coordinates
5.609, 94.688
Network
us
Significance
416