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USGS usp000fw1w

5 Jan 2008, 20:01

72 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 57.3 km depth.

Depth57.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 72 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia?

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5.477000, 94.685000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fw1w
Coordinates
5.477, 94.685
Network
us
Significance
433