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USGS usp000ecew

19 Mar 2006, 04:24

8 km W of Meulaboh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 48.7 km depth.

Depth48.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km W of Meulaboh, Indonesia?

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4.134000, 96.048000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ecew
Coordinates
4.134, 96.048
Network
us
Significance
416